Posted on 03/11/2009 3:47:01 PM PDT by fight_truth_decay
The pair, parents to 2-month-old son Tripp, broke up 'a few weeks ago'
Bristol Palin and her fiancé Levi Johnston have broken up, two sources tell PEOPLE.
The split happened "a few weeks ago," according to a source close to the couple, but it's unclear what precipitated it. "It was a mutual thing," adds the source.
"It kind of just happened," says the source, referring to the split. "I thought they would stick it out. But I think they can work together to raise Tripp."
Despite the breakup, Levi still sees the couple's son. Levi's dad, Keith Johnston, told PEOPLE recently that his son is a devoted and "proud father."
Bristol, meanwhile, is attending Wasilla High, taking a class to supplement course work she is completing at home. She also is considering enrolling in college next fall and studying nursing.
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>>Oh, and, BTW, you contradicted your own solution with your answer to my question about if this was your daughter.<<
I’m sorry that you don’t understand the difference between “encouraging” and “forcing”.
>>I was adopted and my adoptive mother abused me for years until she abandoned me completely. I would have rather been raised by a loving single parent than go through that heartache.<<
I’m sorry.
My cousin had the same circumstances and a different outcome.
I apologise, upon reviewing the transcript, it seem I misunderstood Bristol’s remarks: it does indeed seem she intends to be an advocate to prevent TEEN pregnancy—not a positive crusade in favour of single parenthood.
How she intends to square that with her belief that abstinence is not realistic is not made clear...
But you answer is an absolute one: adoption. That’s all you offered before any prompting.
you=your
I’m sorry for your story of abuse, but the statistics indicate overwhelmingly that a child in a single mother or remarried mother’s house is the most likely to be abused.
The fact that your birth mother decided to play the odds is not an effective general argument against the principle.
If you had put her up for adoption and the couple divorced within a year, how would you feel about that? (I’m not being sarcastic, I’m curious about how it would play out). There’s no guarantee that an adoptive couple will always be around or together, or that he’d even be a good father.
We’d feel bad about it, just as we would if the child were struck by a car crossing the street in his new neighbourhood at age eight.
But in life, we play the main chances, make the smart, responsible plays, and trust to God.
Correct. A mother should be encouraged to adopt the baby out. Absolutely. Not given Government handouts.
Now I’m leaving this happy thread to deal with my own children.
bye
I’m sorry, for the one or two cases of extreme, my opinion doesn’t change.
There is a ton of screening with adoption. The birth mother could get hit by a bus too.
“If you had put her up for adoption and the couple divorced within a year, how would you feel about that? (I’m not being sarcastic, I’m curious about how it would play out).”
Interesting scenario...using the “single parents” can’t raise children hypothesis, kids could theoretically have numerous married parents over the course of their under-aged years.
hmmmmm, now that would make for some interesting extended families. Interesting...good catch.
Exactly. It used to be an American tradition for many generations to live under one roof, or in those wonderful side-by-side double houses that you still see in small towns.
Everyone benefited from this arrangement.
Proves the point.. we cannot judge what the outcome will be (case in point) because we don't have a full understanding of the life of the other. Statistics are never an accurate measurement to conclude from either.
I wonder what the chances of abuse are for single Fathers with full custody are..
Oh wait.
Guys like us don’t exist...often.
Your post 399. I have read over and over.
Bless you, your daughter and the new baby. That baby will be so loved.
Bless you and yours.
Shy
My 26 year old nephwe with a BA from Case begs your pardon. Sir.
We cannot forsee the future, but we have to act every day on what we believe the future holds, and our understanding of the likely outcome of our actions.
But they do.
: )
Congratulations to you and your daughter. It’s obvious from your post that this little baby couldn’t be more loved than he is right there in your home.
Adoption today is a risky business. As you point out, from your own experience, not all adoptive homes are loving homes.
Your daughter won’t have to worry and wonder for the next several decades whether her child is being loved and well cared for.
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