Sheryl Crow adopted a baby boy!

[sparky]

I dig Sheryl.
I love her music.
I think she's hot.
Good for her for fulfilling her need to raise a child.
She has the means to give this little boy everything money can buy.
Um, except a father.

On that count, I have to say, poor little boy.

[carrie721]

Originally Posted by sparky

I dig Sheryl.
I love her music.
I think she's hot.
Good for her for fulfilling her need to raise a child.
She has the means to give this little boy everything money can buy.
Um, except a father.

On that count, I have to say, poor little boy.

would you feel differently if she had adopted a girl?

hopefully there will be someone in his life who will act as a paternal figure, but he'll probably have a better life with sheryl than he will in foster care.

[sparky]

Originally Posted by carrie721

would you feel differently if she had adopted a girl?

Maybe a bit. But not that much.

there will be someone in his life who will act as a paternal figure, but he'll probably have a better life with sheryl than he will in foster care.

Perhaps there will be. Or perhaps not.

Better than foster care? Yeah. Better than being left in a box in an alley too.

Point being...

[carrie721]

Originally Posted by sparky

Maybe a bit. But not that much.

cool. i was just curious.

Perhaps there will be. Or perhaps not.

Better than foster care? Yeah. Better than being left in a box in an alley too.

Point being...

my point is just that there are too many babies and not enough people willing to care for them. so if someone is willing and able to take care of a child, that is a valuable thing, even if it's not the ideal setup.

[sparky]

Originally Posted by carrie721

my point is just that there are too many babies and not enough people willing to care for them. so if someone is willing and able to take care of a child, that is a valuable thing, even if it's not the ideal setup.

I respect that point. It is better than no home or some fukced up insitutional bounce job.

Still a bit of a bummer to me though.

[foxyluva]

Originally Posted by sparky

I respect that point. It is better than no home or some fukced up insitutional bounce job.

Still a bit of a bummer to me though.

If you have such a strong opinion on adoption, I would love to know what you think about artificial insemination

[carrie721]

Originally Posted by foxyluva

If you have such a strong opinion on adoption, I would love to know what you think about artificial insemination

oh ****. don't get me started.

[sparky]

Originally Posted by foxyluva

If you have such a strong opinion on adoption, I would love to know what you think about artificial insemination

I doubt you would.

Originally Posted by carrie721

i can dig that. maybe i place less value on the importance of a father figure because i was raised without one.

Could be. I don't think they're replacable or irrelevant.
People don't die without them, but I think kids need Dads.
Boys especially.

[carrie721]

Originally Posted by sparky

I respect that point. It is better than no home or some fukced up insitutional bounce job.

Still a bit of a bummer to me though.

i can dig that. maybe i place less value on the importance of a father figure because i was raised without one.

[danax6]

Originally Posted by carrie721

i can dig that. maybe i place less value on the importance of a father figure because i was raised without one.

Same. Though I was raised without a mother. I turned out okay.

[michelle2677]

Originally Posted by carrie721

i can dig that. maybe i place less value on the importance of a father figure because i was raised without one.

was your dad a horse's behind??

[skcin]

Originally Posted by carrie721

i can dig that. maybe i place less value on the importance of a father figure because i was raised without one.

Yeah, but isn't that how you got all gay & stuff?

[gldstwmn]

Originally Posted by sparky

I dig Sheryl.
I love her music.
I think she's hot.
Good for her for fulfilling her need to raise a child.
She has the means to give this little boy everything money can buy.
Um, except a father.

On that count, I have to say, poor little boy.

I believe she has a brother and her father is still alive. I doubt the child will lack a strong male influence in his life. I would much rather see it that way than in some dysfunctional parental relationship where the parents are together for the sake of the children.
It always slays me when people who don't even have children think they know how to write the book on how to raise them.

[sparky]

Originally Posted by gldstwmn

I believe she has a brother and her father is still alive. I doubt the child will lack a strong male influence in his life. I would much rather see it that way than in some dysfunctional parental relationship where the parents are together for the sake of the children.
It always slays me when people who don't even have children think they know how to write the book on how to raise them.

Uncles and Grandparents aren't fathers.
It's always easy to compare anything to a horror story to make it look good, re: the dysfunctional parent schtick. I mean, I'd sure rather have a broken arm than 2 broken arms, and a tumor. So, I can survive a broken arm.
Broken arm, not so bad

I don't have children, no. But I was a little boy at one time. And I wouldn't have traded my Dad for 6 rich and famous mothers and all the extended family in the world. Being a parent...no experience. Having a dad, I did that for 32 years. Please, find me a man who will say his father was unimportant, and taught him things anyone could have. And no, guys with ****ty male parents who were drunks or abusers don't count.

It is just supremely ironic to me that she can give a kid every material thing on earth, but the one thing I think was most valuable to me as a kid, she didn't bother to do. The world is a funny place.

[WelshWitchPMD]

Let's hope that Sheryl doesn't turn into Joan Crawford just because the kid uses too much toilet paper.