The double mommy trap: two mothers and no rights for junior

[JimG]

“It’s a story of sexual liberation in the twenty-first century. And the elements that are missing from the story equally signal the times in which we live: no husbands; anonymous, absent father(s); no regard for the right of the children to know their father(s); and, significantly, no marriage.”

. . . “We must all pretend that a child really can be born of two mothers without the involvement of a man. In these cases, the child is not consulted.”
The double mommy trap

 

[MaryT777]

This absolutely astounds me. I grew up in a single parent home back when it was rare. I was considered “abandoned” by my Father who left when I was 7 to be seen 3 or 4 times randomly at odd occasions. That’s it: no relationship, no birthday cards, contact, phone calls etc.

The literature ABOUNDED with the negative effects of life without a male role model.

What happened to all that literature? They were wrong back then and now fathers and mothers are irreplaceable with a member of the same sex?

It’s ludicrous and time will show it as such. In the meantime it will be the kids that suffer due to the selfishness of their parents.

Mary.

 

[Beryllos]

This is confusing! When marriage and parenting are arbitrarily redefined, they lose all meaning and lead to contradictions.

 

[Memaw]

This absolutely astounds me. I grew up in a single parent home back when it was rare. I was considered “abandoned” by my Father who left when I was 7 to be seen 3 or 4 times randomly at odd occasions. That’s it: no relationship, no birthday cards, contact, phone calls etc.

The literature ABOUNDED with the negative effects of life without a male role model.

What happened to all that literature? They were wrong back then and now fathers and mothers are irreplaceable with a member of the same sex?

It’s ludicrous and time will show it as such. In the meantime it will be the kids that suffer due to the selfishness of their parents.

Mary.

I have family members effected by that kind of situation. One niece had 5 children, all different fathers. she never raised any of them for long. Her family members did it for her. And now her oldest daughter is following right in her footsteps. She has several children and not married, and she used to say she didn’t want to grow up like her MOM.
God Bless, Memaw

 

[Rosebud77]

My father left us way back in the early 50s; I was the only one with that situation and no one commented as it was our business.

There were no theorists etc. I do nto think eg my school even knew.

As he was an overt repeat adulterer we really were better off without him.

 

[Rau]

My father left us way back in the early 50s; I was the only one with that situation and no one commented as it was our business.

There were no theorists etc. I do nto think eg my school even knew.

As he was an overt repeat adulterer we really were better off without him.

But the issue here is s different one, viz: Is it acceptable to deliberately bring about a situation wherein children will be brought into the world to be brought up without their father?

Nowadays, the fact that a parent (say, the father) may be a poor example is used as evidence that (say) fathers can be dispensed with at will.