From the mouths of babes

[goodstarr]

DD-7 and cousin-6 were playing dolls while I'm surfing the boards nearby. DD has girl doll, boy doll and baby dolls. Cousin had girl doll and baby dolls. DD says that cousin's doll can't have baby dolls because she's "not married".States the only reason that her doll has babies is that she had a boyfriend and got married so they can have kids. How proud does that make me feel

 

[dizneenut]

 

[Disney's Deluxe Princess]

Pretty cute. Yet, kind of insensitive of you to post on the Dis. There ARE some single mothers on the board.

 

[WebmasterMaryJo]

goodstarr

 

[Winka]

Is there a particular problem in your neighborhood with unmarried teens having babies?

I know of several accomplished, successful women who've adopted or otherwise had children without the blessing of marriage, who might take exception to such a requisite.

 

[luv2nascar]

cut the OP a break
I dont think she was knocking single mothers or anyone else
She was just telling what she thought was a cute story about her daughter
People are so quick to jump down people's throats
take it light its only a post

 

[goodstarr]

I'm so sorry if my post was insensitive, I never meant it to be. I didn't try to bad mouth single mothers (my mother was one at 16, my two sisters were single moms-at 15 and 17) and they're all successful, yet I can't say that I would be as proud if my dd said that her dolls didn't have to be married to have kids. I just thought that for a 7 year old to feel that you have to be married to have kids is a good start. To say that I want my daughter to ASPIRE to be a single mother would not be true. But I realize in this politically correct world, I must keep these things to myself. I wonder what kind of responses I would have received if I said that I was so proud that my 7 year old told her cousin that she didn't need a boy doll for her girl doll to have kids-that you don't have to be married. That would have opened up a whole other can of worms.