Keeping the Baby
As a mother I can honestly say raising children is hard. Starting with the lack of sleep due to night feedings, teething, fevers and bad dreams; to the lack of sleep because your child was supposed to be home hours ago and you’re worried sick; or maybe it’s because you were called down to the cop shop to pick up your teenager who just got busted for drinking and driving.
Deciding to keep a baby is a lifelong commitment, not just until they turn eighteen or are off to college. And it’s not like you can just raise them while they are cute and cuddly and then ditch them the moment things get difficult. It’s not a puppy you can just drop off at the animal shelter or give away. It’s also not what you see on TV where all of life’s major crisises can be solved in an hour or less.
Before the Modern Family, Family Matters, Family Ties, etc…there was Leave it to Beaver and the Andy Griffith Show. We’ve been spoon fed what the ideal family looks like for a very long time, and it is truly a stark contrast to the real deal.
I won’t go on about what real parenting looks like because not every family is the same. I will say family units with two parents and family units with only one parent are vastly different dynamics. Add in half siblings and step siblings, step parents and there is additional complexity. The ever so elusive key has to be balance, I mean, what else could it be?
My Phoenix Rising 