I have every right to use crippled as a person taking back a slur. You, my friend, should not.
That make me feel misunderstood. I do not agree that a 10 year old in in charge of their body and that it is "their choice". Would you guys think smoking or doing coke is a ten-year-olds "choice". I think that for a parent to even allow that to happen is abuse.
You're not going to stop loving your son if he gets a girl pregnant, but he should damn well know that if it does happen, you're going to put his ass through the wringer. Yes, you can talk to him and inform him of the life choices that entail, but I see no issue in laying down some good old fashioned authority. YOU are the provider, YOU are the holder of resources, YOU are the one in charge. Again, that's how parenting goes, and you are indeed meant to control your kids because how the heck else are they going to traverse life in their early stages of life - they have NOTHING to draw on.
Pro-choice is neither pro- nor anti-abortion; it's about acknowledging and supporting a woman's right to choose, no matter what the choice she ultimately makes.
A few things: I did ask the boy if he knew what abortion is -- he does. But I have to say I feel a little on the hot stop here...which as a liberal parent is odd. How many people in the discussion have pre-teen children. And since you are encouraging (pushing) me to be liberal have you spoke openly about abortion, porn, transgender, gay marriage, cross-dressing and prositution?
Huh...? Someone who thinks having a disability isn't the worst nightmare and thinks that crippled is has the same effect as fag is a horrible person? uh, ok..
I agree. I feel bad for people who are chided for not having kids. I think that is horrible and ridiculous. On the other hand, I'd rather not have people who aren't around kids tell me what kids "know." But that is fine.
Hi All,
Boring guy has said things that I find ableist, unkind, and aggressive.
If you chose to restrict me from the site...
I have every right to use crippled as a person taking back a slur. You, my friend, should not.
I think once people become parents, they forget what it was like to BE a kid, and I think that people who DON'T have kids are better at remembering what it was like to be one. Yes, i think it's time for a head-tilt-eyeroll?
Secondly, Head Tilt Eye Roll! YES! I'm starting a thing. There's no emoticon for it yet, but maybe I'll work on one.
I hope you're not including me in this statement. Do you assume that because no babies ever popped out of me, I am never "around kids?" Sheesh, lady, really. Just because I did the most responsible and ethical thing I could do by choosing a child-free life, doesn't mean I don't know anything about parenting or children. And I don't need to tell you anything about my life story to justify my stance to you or anyone. Fuck that.. . . I'd rather not have people who aren't around kids tell me what kids "know."
I guarantee your son knows about abortion.
I am prepared now for rebuttal about how i can't possibly know what someone else's child knows better than the parent does.
If your son can read and/or understand at least one spoken language, he knows about abortion. Anti-porn software does not apply to information about abortion.
Not having our own children has ZERO to do with us pointing out that a literate 10-year-old in modern Western society has their own resources for finding information (accurate and otherwise) that their parents do not provide or want to share in a discussion.
I'm "pushing you to be liberal"? That's just silly.
Yes, I've spoken openly about all those things. So?
No, I don't have kids. Don't like them, don't want them, didn't have them. Child-free by um, CHOICE.
Yes, I've discussed all that with my [imaginary] youngsters.