tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212741399857110313.post8209557088546849141..comments2024-03-11T11:13:12.066-05:00Comments on Homeschool and Etc.: Hang On While I Get My Flame-Proof Shield...Happy Elf Mom (Christine)http://www.blogger.com/profile/15047347624037697311noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212741399857110313.post-8293289894517122172008-04-05T12:30:00.000-05:002008-04-05T12:30:00.000-05:00I think it's just wrong and weird. It's just turni...I think it's just wrong and weird. It's just turning women into cattle or robots. How can you carry a baby, go through all the ups and downs of pregnancy, struggle through child-birth and then say "Here, take it, it's not mine" and then walk off fanning yourself with your wad of cash. It's just de-humanizing. <BR/><BR/>My cousin who lives in New York City did it. She works for Time-Warner and has a posh apartment in Manhattan. She and her husband are in their late 30's and decided they didn't want the hassle of her carrying the babies (they turned out to be twins) so they paid some woman to do it. Then, of course, they hired a nanny to watch them for 10 hours a day while they returned to work when the kids were 2 months old. <BR/><BR/>This is considered normal parenting today and it's weird and sad. Don't get me started on nannies either. Rich New Yorkers hire these women from Jamaica to watch their kids for 12 hours a day and pay them $10 an hour. Then they expect a bond with their kids that has never had a chance to form. <BR/><BR/>I can't say anything to my cousin though, I just tell her what I'm doing.Catherine R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17270456247724661532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212741399857110313.post-49036684968176706062008-04-05T09:36:00.000-05:002008-04-05T09:36:00.000-05:00All very confusing!!All very confusing!!Casdokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03497897393162856190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212741399857110313.post-46977388415083566182008-04-05T07:42:00.000-05:002008-04-05T07:42:00.000-05:00Boy I don't know what I think. I have always thoug...Boy I don't know what I think. I have always thought that it was awful that those handmaidens had to give up their babies and be used by their "master". <BR/>I don't know if this is any different. Especially since it seems to benefit couples who have a lifestyle I don't agree with. Either way even if the child wasn't biologically mine I don't think I could just hand it over. At least without all kinds of emotional baggage afterwards. <BR/>Well here is my positioon and I may need the flame-proof shield now.Zimms Zoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07671798321373854716noreply@blogger.com