Maybe Parenting Really is all about Money

Last updated on: March 5, 2012 at 9:23 am by Amy Julia Becker

Maybe Parenting Really is all about Money 2012-03-05T09:23:12-05:00 Amy Julia Becker

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Lisa Belkin posted a really interesting piece about how having money relates to being a good parent: “Money is the Root of all Parenting.” It’s a great summary of a recent study that explains how difficult it is to try to raise kids in poverty.

In the same news cycle, I learned that a couple in Oregon has sued doctors for 7 million dollars because they didn’t know before birth that their child would have Down syndrome: “Couple sues over Down syndrome misdiagnosis.” I have much to say in response to this news, but I’m on my way to Philadelphia at the moment due to a passport dispute (more on that later), so I’m just going to point those of you who are interested to the post I wrote in response to another “wrongful birth” lawsuit earlier this year: “A Letter to Mrs. Zhuang.”

Finally, and unrelated to money, I commend to you Alison Piepmeier’s recent post on Motherlode, “Choosing to Have a Child with Down syndrome.”

All these things make me wonder how and whether we should ever measure the worth of a human life. I understand the impulse, and yet I fear the results of commodifying ourselves and one another. It can be a trite saying, or a profound truth, to try to understand the implications of saying that every life is a gift.

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