A mom brought her six-year-old daughter into the office with a fever and a sore throat. I asked the little girl to open her mouth and say “Ah.” She shook her head and clenched her mouth shut. “Mom, it looks like I’m going to need your help here,” I said. “Could you please ask your daughter to open her mouth and say ‘Ah’?” Mom arched her eyebrows and replied, “Her body, her choice.”
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Stepping away from porn’s powerful short-term appeal (for real) typically only happens when the motive to change becomes powerful enough.
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Parenting isn’t for the faint-at-heart.
“But, but Mom, all my friends are going to the movies!”
Have you heard these words before? I remember when my son Ethan’s entire sixth grade class was going to see a PG-13 movie as an end-of-school celebration. Of course, I wanted him to join his buddies, but I wasn’t comfortable with the film. So my answer was no.
Over the weekend I saw a link on Facebook to a blog entry that appeared, coincidentally, on my birthday. It was a reflection titled “My Other Daughter”.
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A common yet inaccurate critique leveled against pro-lifers is their purported lack of support for mothers and babies after birth. However, stories like the one Marie Smith recently shared with The Federalist paint a starkly different picture. During an unexpected pregnancy, Marie found a lifeline in the Boston Center for Pregnancy Choices in Massachusetts, providing her not only with tangible assistance, but an unwavering support system that stretched well beyond childbirth.
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