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Date: | Fri, 7 Nov 2003 14:40:37 -0700 |
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Kathy,
I agree except in this case, the woman was an adult and not a teenager. She
had family assistance and even relatives willing to adopt the child. If
this was going to be done, it should not be relatives because this 21 year
old woman is going to know where her child is. On one hand I have seen
Doctor Laura tell people like this to grow up and take their
responsibilities seriously while on the other hand, I've seen her tell them
just the opposite. I would bet money this 21 year old woman was talked in
to doing what others thought were best for her rather than what was best for
the child. Two wrongs don't make a right. It was wrong for this couple to
make a baby before marriage and Doctor Laura told her exactly that. The
second wrong was letting somebody else raise the baby. Like I said, if she
was 14, or 15, or even 16 or 17 but she is a grown woman who wants to keep
her child. She wants to but everybody else told her not to keep it
including doctor Laura. Keep in mind, Doctor Laura's answer are based first
upon psycho therapy and then morality. This is only when her psycho therapy
philosophy matches what she believe is moral. I heard her take a call one
day by a married man who admitted he was having homosexual feelings and he
wanted help because he admitted it was wrong. She was rude, impolite, and
ended up cutting the call short without answering any of his questions.
Why? She didn't even suggest he find a counsel or psycho therapist for
help; she just hung up on him. In this case with the 21 year old college
student, how could Doctor Laura make that decision for this woman without
sitting down with her and find out all of the particulars. Do you have
family? Are they will to help so you can go to school? Can you live with
relatives until the child is old enough to go to school or so you can go to
work to help support the child? I can think of at least ten questions along
these lines to ask before I would simply say, give the baby up. This woman
lived in the south where family help was most likely available but Doctor
Laura didn't find any of this out before she told her what to do. Of
course, that's what she is famous for is short and to the point answers but
today all she did with that brief answer was to crush the rest of the life
out of a young mother's heart.
Phil.
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