Conference turris::womannotes-v5

>Tony Randall is a first-time father. The 77-year-old actor and wife 
>Heather Harlan, 27, became parents Friday. Julia Laurette Randall, 
>7 pounds, 8 ounces, arrived just five minutes after midnight at a New 
>York hospital. 

I'm sorry, I know a lot of people in here disagree with me, but to ME, this
is just plain SELFISH!


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    E,
    
    My grandfather was a very active father of two in his 70's.  He died at
    the age of 93, after seeing both children through HS, and the older
    daughter through most of a degree in marine biology.  Until a stroke
    when Harry (youngest son) was a senior, he was active in participation. 
    Now if you are talking about how much energy or tossing a football or
    something like that is selfish, then is it selfish for my friend with
    MS to have had a child, knowing that she might be wheel-chair bound
    before that child was 15?  She became wheelchair dependant when Lauren
    was 12.  Is it selfish for Christopher Reeves and his wife to talk
    about having another child?  He is disabled, and his life may well be
    short, as many quadraplegics are.
    
    Is it selfish to have children period?  My life could be cut short any
    day by whatever the alien in my guts is that we can't track down.  I
    already have three children who were born before this happened.  My
    sister's best firends mom was vegetated at the ripe age of 30 (her
    daughter was 10, and there were two younger children.)  Was she
    selfish, becaus you can't predict life?  
    
    meg  

    You take your chance. My parents had me and within 2 years my father
    was killed. The only advice I can give is, "choose your parents
    wisely."

    Jamie.

    Hello?  This is *my* hot button.
    
    
    E

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