Children: Society’s Burden

I read this in the Sunday Paper at my Grandparents house over the weekend, just another one of those classic Dear Abby Letters which you write in to this woman, and she tries to help you out by offering advice.  Hmm, I ought to do that some day, and sign my letter, “Master Xavier.”  Well anyways, I thought of posting this before, but since Sunday, Dave d’Pasco sent me a link about the feminist who stated that “Abortion is Murder, and I firmly support it.”  And I my recent posts have been reflecting a sort of “Pro-Life” connection, so here is another one, about children, read and comment away!

Dear Abby,

I am the proud mother of four beautiful daughters, ages 9, 16 months, and a set of 4 month old twins.  They are lovely, well-behaved children.  My problem is that strangers feel compelled to make comments, especially about the yuounger ones.  They say things like, “Whoa! That’s a lot of work! I’m glad I’m not you!” or, “You sure don’t wase any time!” – and my favorite, “Are you going to keep trying for a boy?”

How rude!  They even say to my 9-year-old, “You must have a lot of work to do at home, helping your mom with all those babese.” She hears it almost daily.

My child does not raise my babies, and no, I’m not trying for a boy! I hear these comments every time I step out the door with my kids. It’s starting to get to me. What should I say to these people without being as rude as they are?

- No Drama Mama in Sacramento, Calif.

There isn’t enough information to conclude wether or not this woman is married or a single mother, and whether or not there is a ‘father’ figure in the family, but I’ll save that for another time, and focus on the comments which people are making.  Sad to say, society as a whole has come to the point where they see children as a burden.  Which is why contraception and abortion have become so popular in our culture.  People have become absorbed in themselves to the point that they no longer see the beauty of human life.  Sex is no longer the gift from God which enables man to procreate, but has become a thing to be used for the means of satisfying one’s carnal desires.  I mean,  there is nothing wrong with the pleasure derived from the act (God made it so, so that man would be more inclined to reproduce,) but as I said before, people seek the pleasure alone, and do not wish to be ‘burdened’ by the product of sex.  Children.  Because children tend to, what’s the proper explanation?  Hinder our freedom.  Yes, quite true.  Parenting is a great sacrifice, and God rewards it greatly.  But to practice contraception, in order that we may not suffer under the pesky little burden of children, and be free to enjoy ourselves in life, is the logic of the Devil.  Tis quite naturally the easy path, but none the less, Christ warned us that the path to damnation is easy and wide…

This being said, it doesn’t quite surprise me to see the state of the current world.  It actually bothers me to see familes with 2-3 kids, who look upon one more child as the extreme burden of their lives.  Yes, raising a child in today’s world is indeed diffcult.  (In the financial matter.)  But God will take care of you if you place your trust in him.  No, I’m not saying go and have 10 kids or so, but, if you must, moderate yourself.  Rather than induldging in the pleasure for the sake of pleasure.

The people who made those comments to the women are none-the-less, ‘politcally’ correct.  Naturally, it is common for people to have small families, 2-3 cars, large HD-TV, and who knows whatever else.  People are starting to forsake human life, and place the focus on their own comfort and pleasure.  Hmm, and guesses as to the cause?  Marxism? Materialism?  We see two parents working, the father is naturally the main provider for the family, but it seems the world today is forcing the mother to work as well.  This happening, the question settles on “Who is raising your child?”  The television?  Hollywood? Day Care? Their school?  If this is so, there is little to no hope; since upon careful examination, all these means of ‘education’ are flowing to the brim with false idealogies and agendas.  It seems that children are being born into this world to be taken away from their families.  Where is the Tradtional Family?  Where is the respect for human life?