Letters to the Editor
momof2
Published Letters: 58 Editor's Choice: 2
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Yes tangled
[Read the article: What I wouldn't do for my cat]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]A cat is just a cat, a dog is just a dog. They might be loving and affectionate animals (or less so, as my family cat was) but they're just not on the same level as people. Because... they're animals. They deserve humane treatment, a loving home, and plenty of food, water and shelter. But not heroic measures to save their life. And it's beyond absurd to expect an average family to go into debt to pay for these measures.
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"It's her sibling"
[Read the article: My ex wants our 14-year-old daughter to witness his new wife's childbirth]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Why all these responses that because it's her sibling, the daughter somehow needs to be in the delivery room in order to properly bond with the baby. What a silly idea. The majority of siblings in the western world, half or whole, meet their siblings without having witnessed the birth and I doubt this impacts the bonding one way or the other.
If anything, associating her sibling with agonizing scream and blood could hinder the bonding, rather than help it.
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The "evils" of socialized medical care
[Read the article: Wal-Mart can be good for your health]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]well, I live in a foreign country that provides evil socialized medicine for its citizens. Every HMO here in the country has a system of immediate care clinics that open after regular doctors' hours (around 7 pm). Emergency rooms are reserved for just that- emergency medical situations that cannot be handled by regular doctors. If you child wakes up screaming from ear pain late at night, you go to one of these clinics which are usually open until 11-12 at night.
As for same day appointments, this is a given here as well. I've never heard of anyone not being able to see a doctor for a sore throat or fever the same day.
[shrug] I'm still waiting for the wonders of the American system to make themselves apparent.
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You should read
[Read the article: Somebody tell my husband to slow down!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Anne Beattie's short story "Vermont" in her first book, Distortions. The couple in that story have the same problem (mostly being too competitive). They divorce.
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This "poll" is bogus
[Read the article: Majority of Israelis want to negotiate with Hamas]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Glenn
Haaretz called up about 20 pple within a 5 mile radius of Tel Aviv to do this poll ie: upscale, middle class people who aren't being hit by rockets. They're sick of being rocketed by Hamas? Sure they are. They're sick of having to hear about it every night on TV.
As the popular political satire show "Eretz Nehederet" (It's A Wonderful Country) put it:
Olmert's PR Man: "Here's how we'll deal with Sderot: We'll draw a border and the people on Sderot will stay on their side and we'll stay on our side. It's not for us to mix up in Sderot's political issues!"
I do live in Israel and I haven't heard anyone on TV or anyone on the street, or even read anything in Haaretz itself demanding that we talk to Hamas.
Sorry, you wasted your time trying to draw deep political meaning from this poll. It's bogus.
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This subject has been milked
[Read the article: Welcome to the nuthouse]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I agree with he previous comment. Who doesn't know that post partum life is hell? Really- you have to be completely cut off from any real new parents and get all your info from books and sunny, la la land internet sites.
Also, what publisher thought it was a good idea to take on this book? Mommy lit's been done to death. It's old news. Move on.
I also wonder why the heck the mom didn't just pick up the baby. What a loon.
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New moms are freaked out
[Read the article: Welcome to the nuthouse]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Because they allow themselves to be. I'm not talking about ppd where there are serious hormonal problems that require meds. But all the average mom needs is a little bonding with other mothers, which really is not hard to find in the average suburb (from what I hear, there are Moms groups gather practically on every corner.) And a simple 10 minute conversation with new parents before the birth would do alot to alleviate the fairy tale ideals about whiling away the hours on a sunny park bench with your newborn sleeping soundly in a stroller.
People are judging the whiny tone of the excerpt, as if she is the first person on the planet to have ever gone through the harrowing first weeks of newborn life. We have all read about this countless times already. As I said previously, this topic has been milked to death. If she didn't speak to new parents about what newborn life was really like and only focused on her new Bugaboo stroller or whatever other must-have baby gadget or the other random pregnancy symptoms she probably didn't get, or the picture perfect birth she was hoping for, she got what she paid for.
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@Parson Jim
[Read the article: Single? Hand over your briny vegetables!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"nothing you can do will drag us to the altar."
Really? Than I'll inform the NYT to cancel their Weddings and Celebrations section and tell all wedding halls in the U.S. to cancel all their weddings because NOTHING will drag men to the altar.
I suspect you mean nothing will drag YOUR clearly bitter self to the altar. Which is certainly your choice. But don't make general statements about the male species just to give yourself company and make yourself feel better. (but maybe you can get together with brightstar and acw. They sound like good company for you. You can plot your revenge against evil feminists together).
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Overpopulation myths
[Read the article: No more babies for you!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Haven't they been floating around for around 50 years already? When is the earth supposed to explode from overpopulation? Another 50-100 years? Wake me up when it happens, k?
For those of you who fervently believe this myth: What do you consistently ignore the US/Europe's dwindling replacement rates?
As someone stated previously, women's education and birth control seem to be just as, if not more, effective population controllers than state enforced abortion. With the added benefit of actually being democratic and ethical!