As a single woman who wants children, this same scenario has played itself over and over again. But I just can't do it. Why? Because I want my children to have what I didn't- a father and a family.
rintense, not every kid has an ideal childhood. I think there's a very big difference between bringing one into the world into a less than good situation and rescuing one from what is a definitely inferior situation.
Every child should have a mother and father who are in a permanent relationship. But some will never have that.
I think that single women who want children do a good thing by rescuing a child from an institution. Esp. if it's a child who will never be adopted by a married couple. Older children, special needs children, children who have languished in foreign orphanages, etc.
I don't think much of single women who have children for selfish reasons, but I do think a lot of the ones who rescue a child who has little to look forward to.
"As a single woman who wants children, this same scenario has played itself over and over again. But I just can't do it. Why? Because I want my children to have what I didn't- a father and a family."
In other words, because of your past, you would deny a homeless child your love? Sorry, I just don't get it. We'd all like to live in a perfect world, but sometimes a child is lucky to get just ONE person in the world who will love and cherish them.