[Tax-chick]

An excellent article, and your son's responses are very intelligent. Obviously he's been well brought up :-). I think he's particularly perceptive in observing that women have to take responsibility for the kind of men they marry. If they asked themselves, "What kind of father will this man be?" then I think they'd have a very different perspective from the usual!

Unfortunately, most young women don't seem to think of themselves as potential mothers, nor of men as potential fathers. And even when they "somehow" wind up as parents, many don't understand that this requires them to ... grow up! The problem is that neither gender wants to be what they were intended to be. Both seem to want to be lifelong children, because being either a woman or a man worthy of the title is hard work, and many have been raised to avoid hard work, especially if it doesn't provide immediate gratification.

Again, congratulations on your son - he's got a very good mind!

[cmak9]

Unfortunately, most young women don't seem to think of themselves as potential mothers, nor of men as potential fathers. And even when they "somehow" wind up as parents, many don't understand that this requires them to ... grow up! The problem is that neither gender wants to be what they were intended to be. Both seem to want to be lifelong children, because being either a woman or a man worthy of the title is hard work, and many have been raised to avoid hard work, especially if it doesn't provide immediate gratification.

Good points.