For me personally, I hope that if I ever have kids it will be in the context of a loving marriage so my kids will have the influence of both a mother and a father. However, I think there are a lot of people who do just fine as parents on their own and their kids are better off for not having the other parent as part of their lives.

Then there are some people who ought never have kids in the first place. I've seen crack babies (actually crack 3 year olds and older) and it makes me seethe that their mothers have had kids. I see kids who are abused. There's a little boy in one of the schools that I would love to bring home and take care of because his situation breaks my heart. It sometimes leaves me wondering where the justice in the world is because people who are terrible parents breed like rabbits and there are people who would be loving parents who can't have their own kids or go through hell trying to adopt.

Becky