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Knocking Yourself Up
When income and education are factored in, "substantially fewer differences arise between the intellectual development, academic achievement and behavior of children in single-parent and two-parent families," according to a 2004 study by Henry Ricciuti, professor emeritus of human development at Cornell. He looked at the adverse effects of single parenthood on 1,500 12- and 13-year-olds across the United States and found what mattered most to a child's well-being was not just two parents, but a mother's education and ability level. "It all comes down to the individual situation," says Sloan. "But for kids whose moms wanted them as badly as I did, chances are the decks are stacked in their favor." And Sloan intends to play the hand she's chosen with a sense of humor.
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Posted By: Rustman1980 @ 11/27/2007 11:04:05 PM
Comment: Hmm...interesting. I'm not entirely sure what this has to do with the article, nor if this post is even real...I do, however, (assuming that it is indeed a serious question) think that if you honestly can't tell, I question whether you should be having sex yet at all. Men are not hard to figure out (sexually anyway)...nor is finding the...ummm....evidence of our completion difficult either.
Posted By: goodgirl @ 11/27/2007 2:45:27 PM
Comment: me and this guy had sex and we used a condom then he took it off but dont no if he came he did make a sound as of he did ?
Posted By: juliandroms @ 11/23/2007 1:33:22 AM
Comment: Kudos to women for taking matters into their own hands. These intrepid women surely deserve better treatment, and, as the author suggests, greater financial support from those who are obligated.
As we all know, there are far too many deadbeat "men" who steadfastly refuse to forward wads of the products of their bodily labor to the very same women who refuse to let them raise their own kids. This is unconscionable.
These. Men. Should. Pay. Or what else are they good for?
As a consequence, I now propose a new policy. All "sperm banks" are now and henceforth to be held accountable for child support, just as if they were "real men" as they should surely aspire to be.
For what is man but a sperm bank after all? Those patriarchal inseminating corporate stooges have been exploiting the wee wittle wimmins and their rapant and irresponsible urges for reproduction for far too long. A corporate lackey who inseminates a woman for a mere pittance of a fee is surely just as exploitative as the man who dumps and runs.
Take them to the cleaners, I say. Let the women sue the bastards! Prior consent? Nonsense! A woman in heat has no capacity to forge such a valid thought... much less a child! Force the evil spermdoers to pay, pay, pay!