We have 4 children and fostered another one.
The foster son was rescued from a drug abusing family. He is career military with a great wife and two children of his own, living a very success and prosperous life.
The next two are Marines, one is married and one is not.
Non of them carry any debt, they have paid cash for everything they have. The married one ( married in August) has $26,000 saved for a house expecting to have around $60k at the end of the year.
My wife home schooled them all and taught them how not to make common mistakes and so far they are doing wonderful.
Watching my two sons graduate from basic training and then SOI was one of the greats moments of my life.
Seeing the others on straight and narrow paths has brought more satisfaction than anything I ever imagined or dreamed about.
The world lies. The culture is driven by sin and despair.
My relationship with my wife of almost 30 years is stronger every year and more fulfilling than the lustful imaginations the world wishes to destroy commitment and contentment with.
I guess your comment was probably “tongue-in-cheek” but it certainly is the common way of thinking.
Years ago, my daughter was assigned one of these “babies”...Probably not as sophisticated as those of today, but the school could read if it was mistreated....
I didn’t know about it and when I got home from work the first day, the “baby” in a basket in the living room...I just picked up the basket and tossed it onto my daughter’s bed in her room....
I had to go to the school to explain what had happened when my daughter came home crying...
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