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Jan. 9, 2007 I am going to attach a link so that I don't have to submit an article using someone else's words. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,242537,00.html What I want to talk about (after you've hopefully read the above link), is what a child means to me as a mother and a grandmother. I have four children and six grandchildren. My grandchildren range in age from 5 months to 17 years old and each one of them is the pride and joy of my life. When a child is first born they don't do much other than eat, sleep and soil their diaper. They don't walk, talk or laugh at birth. They don't show their potential at birth. So, does this mean that they are "blobs"? Each and every single child that I have ever seen, either via my own personal birthing or grandparenting experiences or throughout the time that I was a nurse was a unique and beautiful person. Each one of them was precious and perfect in my eyes. It didn't matter what circumstances they were born into. What mattered was that they existed and deserved to be loved and cared for EQUALLY. No matter whether they were bald or had a head full of hair, whether or not they had a button nose or a flat one, whether or not they were red and wrinkled or smooth and perfectly formed, they were each PERFECT. If the birth parents came from a poor background or a wealthy one the child deserved no less than any other child. Would I love some of my children more because they suffered from an illness or were not gifted with as much physical beauty or intelligence as their siblings? No, I would not. There should be no conditions placed on loving a child...ANY CHILD. No matter what their status at birth, it would be up to me to give them a good life and not to divide how I felt about them into categories. Angelina felt more love for her adopted children because they came from countries that are filled with suffering......her own biological child was born into "privilege" and to her, did not merit the same kind of special love until she got used to her and could relate to her. What kind of mother is that? Does that mean that if we give birth in a clean, well staffed hospital in a mostly middle class country we should throw our babies away or trade them in for poor babies from poor countries? Most of us are given the ability to procreate and that means that we will produce biological children. If we are in the position to adopt others who are in need and do so, does that mean that we should love our biological children less because they don't deserve our love as much?. I am so disgusted with people like the "saintly" Angelina and her idiotic remarks and obvious lack of intelligence that I find it difficult to come up with the proper words to express myself so I was forced to link the above article to let her speak for herself. We have so many things that we can do to make the world a better place and in most cases, no money is required. We can smile at someone when we encounter them and we can help others when they are lost. We can befriend those less fortunate than ourselves and we can practice the Golden Rule without spending one red cent. It is not necessary to wander the world looking to rescue people and then building a career based on this desire for recognition. It is not necessary to drag our children through war-torn countries where they are exposed to not only hoards of paparazzi but to real danger in order to help children. There are so many ways that we can help the less fortunate and many of us do in our own way . If you are in the position to do so, you can foster children who need homes or donate your time to a good cause like Big Brothers or Big Sisters. You can be a scout leader or a sports coach or you can volunteer at a school. By doing the above you will most likely not get your picture in the paper or special awards for your service or lots of attention for being such a giving human being. I don't think that most of us NEED that kind of attention in order to help others nor do I think that most of us would want it. The most heroic deeds are the ones that go unpublicized and even many rich and famous individuals give huge amounts to help others in need requesting that their names never be divulged to the public. Whatever Angelina Jolie's needs, they must be huge and she must have a large void inside herself to be seeking so much publicity. As a by-product of this huge emptiness that she seems to need to fill, she is dragging these innocent little human beings along with her on her many treks to continually make herself feel good about herself. Although I have never met and probably never will meet Angelina Jolie I have read her words and watched her actions on the world stage and I am not impressed with this person. I do not feel that her children are the luckiest kids in the world. The luckiest kids in the world have a home that is familiar and family who they can count on seeing and knowing. They feel protected and private when they need to be and not exposed to danger and the constant scrutiny of the public eye while flash bulbs go off in their confused little faces. Angelina's children always seem to be scowling and who could blame them? If someone was taking my picture and following me around in packs day after day I would be scowling also. I would be terrified. I imagine that her children feel that way at times even if that's the only life they have ever known. How would it feel for a small child to have the vehicle they are in rocked from side to side until it almost capsizes? How would it feel if you wanted to play in the park like any small child and hundreds of eyes were watching everything that you did? As Shakespeare said: http://www.artofeurope.com/shakespeare/sha9.htm Would any of you want to be thrust on that stage from birth without having any say in the matter? Would you want your lives or your children's lives shaped by that kind of audience? Some children have no choice....thank God they are in the minority. Thank God that many of the kind people who do adopt children from under-privileged countries are not famous movie stars who have the constant need for recognition. In my personal opinion, the children who are in the latter category will grow up a lot more "privileged" than Angelina's children no matter how much money she can spend on them or how well traveled they are. ------------ About the author: Meri has a Medical/Legal background and is a former forensic researcher specializing in psychological profiling. https://www2.xlibris.com/bookstore/bookdisplay.asp?bookid=27335 Email: writers2@cox.net Comment on this article here! ------------ All articles are EXCLUSIVE to Useless-Knowledge.com. Please link to this article rather than copying and pasting it onto your site (which would be unauthorized and illegal). |
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