2007-02-03 05:48:50 · 17 answers · asked by . 5 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
I don't. Who said they planned them? For those who like to say that, do you think they should get abortions then? Or should they just not have sex even though they're married? Come on, get real. God decides when life is going to come to this world. God does not care HOW you try to stop it, God will always do something to make sure that little life is here and taken care of. We are too greedy today. We are supposed to only take what we need including food, but almost nobody does that anymore. And for those who say they're bad for being poor, ever notice that the poor parents are the happier ones because their children are happier? Living that way has humbled them, and they don't really think too badly of it. I wish I could say I could live simply like that, sort of like the Amish. but I couldn't. I'm too used to having this good life. But still, I do wish I could at times.
2007-02-03 05:59:31 · answer #1 · answered by Proud Muslimaah-Beautiful Islaam 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People seem to consistantly equate poor with unloving and unable to provide for some reason.
I think that there is a point where a parent needs to ask for help because they can't afford to care for their child, but for the most part, children who grew up poor tend to value family, morals and relationships a lot more.
If you are poor, but still able to provide essential clothing, food, shelter and love I don't see being poor as an issue.
2007-02-03 11:24:45 · answer #2 · answered by bpbjess 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that this common misconception is horrible. People who came from "poor" families are some of the most rich people I know. They were loved so much by their family, and they went out of there way to give them things that money cant buy because they were poor. Just because someone doesnt have money doesnt mean they arnt a great parent, or that their child is missing out on "important" things.
2007-02-03 06:02:35 · answer #3 · answered by liebedich85 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I never really heard it worded like that. Some but not all parents that have low incomes don't have a lot of motivation in the home for their kids, and if they were brought up in poverty or were teenage parents makes a difference. But I know pleanty of women that live in the projects that are good mothers and still work and provide for their kids, so I disagree with that and I don't know why anyone would think that unless they are making a generalization. Because there are people that are wealthy that treat their kids like crap but you just don't hear about them as much. Even in middle class families, there's abuse and neglect. So it's not a matter of social status, there's bad parents in all walks of life and incomes period.
2007-02-03 05:55:08 · answer #4 · answered by Dr. PHILlis (in training) 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Many of the bad parents I know are poor, but not all the poor people I know are bad parents. So I guess I don't use the type of logic that would translate one to the other.
2007-02-03 05:54:00 · answer #5 · answered by Heather Y 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think this is a horrible stereotype. There are just as many rich parents who are bad parents, they just seem to hide it better.
I grew up in a low income family, and my parents did the best they could with us. They did not rely on public assistance, aside from free school lunches for us kids. My dad worked hard at an appliance store and my mom worked just as hard at home. We collected aluminum cans to make extra money and we grew our own vegetables to save money.
The way I was raised turned me into a productive, hard working adult. More productive than some of my more privileged classmates that I run into from time to time when they are serving up my fries at McDonald's. (That I can even respect, at least they are working. What really irritates me is when I read about one of my former classmates in the paper going to jail because they beat their children or drive drunk.)
2007-02-03 10:00:25 · answer #6 · answered by Monica 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People view them as bad parents because they are taught to judge them like that or they are poor themselves and do nothing but gossip about other people by just their appearance when they are also in the same bind...
2007-02-03 22:17:47 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
To colleen Just because "Poor" people are willing to accept the help they need for their children DOES NOT make them bad parents. It hurts ones self pride to have to admit they need help. And for some situations it is out of the parents control. There are bad parents who do get assistance but it doesn't make all of them bad just for accepting it.
2007-02-03 07:44:34 · answer #8 · answered by momathome 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is becuase money makes the world go around. And inorder to take care of a child you need money to get the neccessary things for them to survive.
2007-02-03 05:52:55 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know why that is. Just because you don't have alot of money doesn't mean you don't have alot of love. Some people don't start out that way, people get fired, people get divorced, people die....
My Mom didnt have alot of money, she worked three jobs at one point but she was always there for me and my brothers and we never lacked for anything. It's quality not quantity,
2007-02-03 08:46:31 · answer #10 · answered by Willow 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋