A friend posted this ecard pic on facebook. A discussion ensued. Below are my comments.
If you have to make a law that hurts a number of people, just to prove your morals or faith, then you have no true morals or faith to prove.
There are core issues to be addressed in the abortion debate, and every time I hear people talking about it they miss it. They talk about their feelings or the writings in an old book. Never-mind that. There are real, serious, logical and scientific arguments to be made here.
HUMAN RIGHTS
*The Right to Life.
-The woman has her right to (her) life.
-If something threatens that life she has the right to try avoid losing her life.
-The child has a right to (his/her) life.
-The child does not have the capacity to enforce or express that right. (It’s the responsibility of the parent.) Read the rest of this entry »
Watching this literally puts tears in my eyes because MY 8 year old announced this morning, during breakfast (pancakes that she made herself), that she HATES school. She HATES learning. The only thing that she likes at school is to play with her friends. My 10 year old sat in silent agreement. I had to expect the elder to agree because she is much more of a socialite than her little sister, who used to be the bookworm type. 
I was studying goal setting for children when I read a line saying that the lower brain makes us think about our goals all the time. Rather than just believe without any scrutiny I decided to try and learn more about that. I figured that a bunch of science would help me back up a saying like that should I ever use it.
Parents, adapt this wonderful quote for your own children:
