Parenting:right or privilege

[dimpy.handa]

Having children is increasingly, in fact if not in law, viewed as a right rather than a privilege. With available and developing medical technology, there are more chances of couples previously unable to have children to be able to assist nature

 

[swatiraohnlu]

Being a parent is not about convenience. It should be about the children. As a parent you must have a commitment to the children that you have been blessed with. Children do not ask to be born or do not choose the timing. All of that is in the hands of the parents.

 

[dimpy.handa]

These children would at least have the **possibility** of finding a stable and permanent home. Right now, they can linger for years, bouncing from foster home to foster home, with no hope of having a permanent place to call home. It is easier to find an adoptive home for a child who is younger and has only been in the system for a year than it is to find a permanent home for a child who is older and has lived in foster care for 5+ years.

I grew up in an unstable home. I know how damaging it is for a child. I still suffer the aftereffects of this as an adult. When someone does not know safety in childhood, he suffers well into adulthood.