IS ANYONE OUT THERE IN THE ETHER WHO WOULD LIKE TO JOIN ME IN THE CAMPAIGN TO FORCE DR. LAURA SCHLESSINGER TO CHOOSE? I AM ENRAGED BEYOND ALL MEASURE. I WILL NOT SHRIVE HER FOR IGNORING MY PENETRATING QUESTION ABOUT THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF ALL MOTHERS TO STAY-AT-HOME TO RAISE THEIR CHILDREN UNTIL THEY ARE 18. THIS IS IN SPITE OF MY ADMIRATION FOR HER AND HER TOTEMIC CAUSE - THE WELFARE OF CHILDREN.
LEON BLUM SAID, "LIFE DOES NOT GIVE ITSELF TO ONE WHO TRIES TO KEEP ALL ITS ADVANTAGES AT ONCE. I HAVE OFTEN THOUGHT MORALITY MAY PERHAPS CONSIST SOLELY IN THE COURAGE OF MAKING A CHOICE." ARE YOU LISTENING, DR. LAURA? YOUR ADVOCACY FOR STAY-AT-HOME MOMS AFTER CHILDBEARING, RESTS UPON A CHOICE. TRUE, BUT IMMORALITY IN THESE CHOICES WILL REAR ITS UGLY HEAD IF WOMEN FOLLOW YOUR COUNSEL. TO PREVENT PREGNANCY, IMMORAL MEANS WOULD BE EMPLOYED. CONDOMS, BIRTH CONTROL PILLS, ABORTIONS. ALSO, TO FORESTALL COMMITMENT TO OFFSPRING UNTIL ONE CHOOSES, INVOLVES SELFISHNESS AND PERSONAL GRATIFICATION. I TAKE YOU TO TASK FOR ADVOCATING ADULT CHOICES WHICH WILL INEVITABLY LEAD TO SINS.
THE CHILDREN CREATED FROM PROPER CHOICES, WILL, ACCORDING TO YOUR ADVICE, BE CHILDREN WANTED AND LOVED. AGAIN DAMN DATA REAR THEIR UGLY HEADS. IF THE 80/20 RULE APPLIES, A MERE 20%OF MOTHERS WILL DEMONSTRATE AN ABILITY TO MOTHER. THE MAJORITY DON'T HAVE A CLUE. WHAT TO DO WITH THE QUOTIDIAN GRIND OF HOME-MAKING, BUT WILL PREFER TO GADABOUT. 80% WILL EITHER ABUSE, SPOIL, OVER-PROTECT OR NEGLECT THEIR CHILDREN WHILE 20% WILL PROPERLY RAISE A CHILD. SOME WOMEN ARE BORN MOTHERS; SOME CAN NEVER BE SUFFICIENTLY MADE. LET'S GIVE YOU A BIG HAND FOR NON-STOP TRYING, DR. LAURA, BUT YOU OVERLOOK FACTS FROM YOUR IVORY TOWER.
IS ANYONE OUT THERE TO DEMAND THAT DR. LAURA ANSWER MY QUESTION? IF ALL WOMEN MUST STAY-AT-HOME AS MOMS, WHAT PURPOSE WOULD THERE BE FOR A WOMAN TO PURSUE HIGHER EDUCATION, AN INTELLECTUAL LIFE, A PROFESSION, AN EXPANSION OF CHARACTER? NONE! FOLLOWING THE 80/20 RULE AGAIN, OUT OF 100% OF WOMAN IN THE HOME UNTIL THE CHILDREN ARE 18, 20% WHO WOULD HAVE CHOSEN A CAREER AND CHILDREN WOULD BE DENIED.
THE ELITIST MENTALITY OF DR. LAURA WEIGHS IN HERE. SHE CHOSE TO WAIT UNTIL LATER IN LIFE TO BEAR ONE SON. SHE FIRST CHOSE TO PURSUE HIGHER EDUCATIONAL DEGREES AND A CAREER. SHE THEN CHOSE TO STAY-AT-HOME WITH HER CHILD. BETWEEN THE LINES I READ CHOICES THAT WERE SELFISH AND - I DON'T KNOW HOW SHE MANAGED IT - PROBABLY IMMORAL.
IN 2005 I FAXED DR. LAURA A NOTE POSING MY QUESTION ABOUT THE MORAL DILEMMA SHE PRESENTS. NO ANSWER. IN JANUARY OF 2006 I MAILED HER A LETTER WITH THE SAME RESULT. IN MAY 2006 I E-MAILED ANOTHER MISSIVE. BECAUSE SHE UTILIZES SCREENERS TO CENSOR HER MAIL, DR. LAURA PROBABLY NEVER READ ANY OF MY NOTES, BUT I RECEIVED A BRIEF REPLY TO MY 3RD ATTEMPT WHICH SAID, "ADULTHOOD IS ALL ABOUT CHOICES."
SO CHOOSE, DR. LAURA, CHOOSE TO EXPLAIN HOW ONE SHOULD NOT GET PREGNANT IF IT IS THE WILL OF GOD (IN THE CONTEXT OF MARRIAGE, OF COURSE)? EXPLAIN WHAT PERCENTAGE OF WOMEN WILL REMAIN VIRGINS AND UNMARRIED UNTIL THEY ARE READY TO STAY-AT-HOME FOR 18 YEARS? CHOOSE TO ANSWER ME AS AN ADULT AND NOT CHILDISHLY FEND ME OFF AS INSIGNIFICANT.
IN HIS GOSPEL, ST. JOHN REMINDS US THAT GOD SAID "IT WAS NOT YOU WHO CHOSE ME, BUT I WHO CHOSE YOU." CHOOSING TO FALL IN LOVE, GET MARRIED AND LET GOD DECIDE WHEN TO BLESS A UNION WITH CHILDREN IS GOOD. CHOOSING TO STAYING AT HOME FOR 18 YEARS. AND 18 YEARS AND 18 YEARS, AND 18 YEARS AND 18 YEARS - IF 5 CHILDREN ARE PRODUCED - IS NOT BETTER. PERHAPS ANOTHER SOLUTION IS BEST.
I DARE YOU TO CHOOSE TO ADDRESS MY ISSUE. DOES ANYONE ELSE WANT AN ANSWER TO THIS FROM DR. LAURA SCHLESSINGER? BOMBARD HER AT drlaura.com TREAT ME TO HER RESPONSE IF YOU RECEIVE ONE.