Awon, who was born to a single mother, says it's selfish for a woman to choose to have a baby without a father.
I think it is very selfish to plan to be a single parent. You ask any of these children that were raised by a single parent and they will tell you that they wish they could have had both. When a person decides to become a single parent they are thinking of no one but themselves. Children need both parents; they need that balance. Sometimes the father decides to leave; but that is a different story. When this happens then the mother just has to do what she has to. But if there is a chance for the father to be in the children's lives then they definitely need to be included. I think the man being out of the household is a lot of the problem in the black community. We need to have morals like people back in the day. I think parents back then were not selfish; they considered the family in their decision making.
Tyra, Don't let society make u feel wrong for wanting to have a baby on your own. Marriage doesn't guarantee a father in his childs life. If you know you want to have a baby, do it! Children can still be happy without a father.
People still amaze me with their comments.! Selfish by being a real woman and takin care of your respsonsibilities. Hmmm that doenst seem selfish to me. Everything happens for a reason if you get preganant theirs a reason and choosing to have the baby doenst seem selfish to me. Having an aborition seems more selfish!!! I'm a sinlge mother of two. My daughter is 6 and my son is two. Both by two different men. Neither one around and my kids know they are loved and my family and friends help me out a great deal. i dont think im selfish for choosing to give them life and take care of them. If anyone is selfish its their fathers who claim to be men but then cant take care of them cuz it will effect their lives!! well i love my childern dont care what anyone thinks about me being a single MOTHER!!!
well this is a hard issue but i think that it is selfish only in the situation where a mother goes out to get pregnant on purpose to be a single mother. that is not fair to the child. if you are stuck in a situation where the man left then he is the selfish one and you are doing the right thing. but if he leaves you really early on dont act like you dont have a choice there is always abortion or adaption. If you are going to have its so easy to use a contraceptive why not get on the pill or use a condom or any of the other methods for birth control and if you are not ready to have a kid then dont have one! its selfish to bring a kid into the world when you cannot provide a good life for that child. Simple as that you must be finacialy able to take on a child not have to struggle to put food on the table and barley have enuff to put clothes on there back. and moms that dont tell that father what are u thinking? that is so messed up no matter what u should tell the father. and please all you ladies there are good guys out there that will treat you great but u get to caught up in good looks and bad boys find someone who will treat you with respect! that will love you for who u are and support u in anything. that wont leave u and u need to talk abou thte possiblity of getting pregnant if ur not using birth control. so ne ways please all you ladies dont sacrafice having a great father in your childs lives because you cant raise ur standard
Hey Tyra. I am a little disturbed by this title. I am a single mother, a student and I work; therefore I do not have time to watch your show, but the young lady has a point. My daughter is 10 years old and I am pregnant again. I am so mad at myself because if it is a boy I have to teach him how to be a man and answer questions I know nothing about. At first I was not going to tell the father because black men are sorry. (Title for your next show. "Are there any good straight black men left") but then I thought that it would be unfair to my child and the father to not tell him, so I did and have been going through baby daddy drama ever since and after his girlfriend left him, he comes crawling back wanting some of my good stuff and I told him no, so he tells me to leave him alone and never contant him again, so I left him alone. Yes, I was being selfish and not thinking about my daughter and her father not being here, but that is another baby daddy drama story, but she is thankful that she knows her father. This child will never know or see a male role model because Tyra I am done with relationships, sex, lust, all that. It is about my kids. I am their daddy and mama. I will find away to be the best man and woman I can be for my children. Thanks Girl. You rock. Christa Wilson of Bryan, TX.
Hey Tyra. I am a little disturbed by this title. I am a single mother, a student and I work; therefore I do not have time to watch your show, but the young lady has a point. My daughter is 10 years old and I am pregnant again. I am so mad at myself because if it is a boy I have to teach him how to be a man and answer questions I know nothing about. At first I was not going to tell the father because black men are sorry. (Title for your next show. "Are there any good straight black men left") but then I thought that it would be unfair to my child and the father to not tell him, so I did and have been going through baby daddy drama ever since and after his girlfriend left him, he comes crawling back wanting some of my good stuff and I told him no, so he tells me to leave him alone and never contant him again, so I left him alone. Yes, I was being selfish and not thinking about my daughter and her father not being here, but that is another baby daddy drama story, but she is thankful that she knows her father. This child will never know or see a male role model because Tyra I am done with relationships, sex, lust, all that. It is about my kids. I am their daddy and mama. I will find away to be the best man and woman I can be for my children. Thanks Girl. You rock. Christa Wilson of Bryan, TX.
hi tyra! as i was reading those comments i have to agree in some situations, im a twelve year old girl and my mother is a single mother of three children,i believe that she is a great parent, and it is very hard for her to get by with our financial needs and food.she did choose to be a single parent because of mine and my sister and brothers fathers,ya she does have her moments sometimes when she freaks out over little things but she still gets by and is a great mother!!!
If you do not need a man you would not get into relationships at all and vice versa. If you deliberately decide to get pregnant and become a single mom you are selfish. If you get a women pregnant and run away you are selfish. In most cases the single mom doesnt deliberately put herself in this situation. The woman who are left to raise their child by selfish men I have the utmost respect for, but to say you want to be a single mother is ridiculous and stupid, sorry if your feelings are hurt by the truth!
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This topic could go both ways because some would arrgue yes, its selfish to bring a child into the world without a father especially when its a boy because there are things women just won't be to teach him and even when its a girl she's going to still face hard times. On the other hand some women are ready and willing to deal with the struggles it takes to bring up children in a single parent home.
I can in some way understand what they are saying; but I believe that if God bless you with a child tell him thank you. Because so many women would love to have children. As for the pass thing that has happen in your life, my mother was a single black mother and she was very strong with the Lord's help. But in order to get to your furture you must let the pass be the pass and ask God,to help you go on with your life. I believe once you have God in your life a lot of thing's change. God is who helped me, make it no matter what.
I understand that your guest has unresoved childhood issues but to imply that mother's are just selfish is a bit presumptious. I was a single mother but not by choice. The father of my oldest child assured me that we would work together in raising my daughter and eventually get married. Needless to say, it didn't happen. That doesn't mean that I should not have had her. Nor does it excuse her father. What does your guest have to say about men who refuse to stick around to help in rearing the child? I think your guests is just angry at her mom and meant to say HER mom was selfish for choosing to raise her as a single parent.
hi tyra, i was looking at ur webpage when i saw this.And it caught my eyes as i was reading some of these comments. i know how hard it is to be a single mother. But i am not a mother yet. like most of these amazying ladys my mom is a single mother. And each and everyday i see what my mom has to go through in order to keep food on the table and a roof over our heads . she is a very strong woman because it very hard to take care of four kids on her own and im proud that she's still here and hanging in there. So to all the single mothers out there hang in there okay!"yess it very hard being a single mothers but be the best mother you can be and show your kids what a awesome mother you are". They may thank you one day like i am to mine .She is my hero...(^_^)
I must have missed this episode. How dare she call someone selfish for being a single mom. I made the choice to place my first child for adoption, at the time I was 18. When I had my son, my boyfriend left, without a word to me, so I had to step up to the plate and take the responisiblity that came with having sex. My son is now 9 and I wouldn't trade being a single mom for anything in the world. God Bless all the single Mom's in the world.
HEy Tyra, i was born to a single mother and not by her choice. My dad left for another woman and she was left to raise me. I do not feel like I have been deprived of anything. If anything she has taught me how to be more independant.
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