it ok to have a family , speaking myself iam a hard working mom taking care of sick poeple took a training fot n,a and love my job well at this time not working well searching i think? women can do anything if u but your mind too well i nver listen to negitve poeple wee it makes me dstronger iam a working mom too three beutiful kids and helpful,poelpe always talk nomatter what it a little the same just kids in life u have to make arrangement in first before anything .sometime people cant see if u so strong doing it so much responsiabilty well iam tuff been through alot and keepin my head up high my kida worry , cuz they feel i need a relaxing time , but iam mom to forward my kids diong good in life sometime need to fall and get back on track it hare to find now a job iam not giving up . tyra u the best i admired u cuz i see wat u have to go through to become professional in life u bad like your style blessing ,when u become a mom i know u are the best one too. love jasmine jordan from puerto,rico 5 yrs living in aguadilla it nice come some day girl .wow be nice if u do

Hey tyra first of all i would like to say love the show it rules now on cheating well i dont have a boyfriend right now but my best friend does and he has cheated on her 3 times yet everytime she lets him back into her life why does she do this its driving me nuts . and when i tryed to talk some sense into her the guy told me to back off and tryed telling my friend that i am agaist her i dont know what to do my friendship is on the rocks i need to prove to her that he is a mean person and that she is worth so much more she is a good person and i need to show her you dont need him you need someone who will love you and never cheat on you -

Tyra, Im not married nor do i have kids. I am 23 years old and it's discussions like these that help me to see the world from another person's perspective. I applaud the women for coming out and boldly representing their opinions. I feel that it is a great thing to be given the choice to choose whether or not you want to be a career woman or a house wife/stay at home mom or both. Having a career is such an achievement for women worldwide. You get to make decisions that affect society and allow you to make a difference in the lives of people. It builds your confidence, makes you bold, fulfills that 'ump' that makes you wanna tell a man to 'stick it! I can do the job too'... in addition to working 9 to 5, paying taxes and beating rush hour. On the other hand, being a house wife is not so different. A house wife can affect society, be bold, create, implement and evaluate a schedule and participate in many things a career offer, but from a different angle. Who's home when the kids come from school? Who there to see the vex disposition on a child's face when he/she doesn't understand world they live in? And more importantly who is there to recognise and correct that disposition? Sometimes a mother is the one who holds the family together when life's taking them through rough patches. While these thoughts may or may not be the general expectation of society, a woman is a person and a person is an individual and an individual has her own thoughts, opinions, ideas and dreams of what she wants her life to be. It is not for parents or society to decide what life a woman should live, but

Before I dive straight into my opinions I believe you should know atleast a small tid bit about who I am. I am 21 years old and have been in one romantic relationship in my life. I am your typical christian girl who happens to not want to get married. Obviously because of my faith this means that of course I will never have sex and I am totally ok with that. Also, I love kids but I can not actually have kids. I don't hate men. I love guys. I think they are great but marriage isn't for me. On the show I was apalled to hear these married women basically attack the single women. Most of the single women seemingly had no problem with marriage (aside from the 2 on the ends)they were in the same position as me. If you want to get married then great but its not where I'm ending up. The married women seemed to believe that the women who were single were crazy for daring to say they were happy. Obviously these single women don't know what's good for them. How dare they suggest that there is an option to achieve a joyful life without a husband and a pregnant belly. One comment that was mentioned during the show was the whoe god giving adam a wife aspect. Whilst this is true that god did create a female to keep this man company it isn't a very good arguement for having a desire to be married. God was never saying you have to get married. It was simply an example of companionship. Evidence of Gods social creation. In fact in the new testament Paul wrote that it is better to remain unmarried for some. That more work can be done for others this

Tyra, I've been in a relationship for 2 years now. It hasn't been all that great.In the beginning yeah everything was great. My boyfriend has hit me several tomesand by the way I'm 8 months pregnant. He has cheated on me before I even spoke to the girl. He obviously denied it. I stood with him throughout all of this. I've asked him to leave and even had him arrested. He came out and I still took him back. I know part of me is to blame because I don't have to take this. I found out I was pregnant back in febuary of 2009. He just recently got caught out here on this site called Tagged. He was talking to all these women online. He denied it but finally I showed him messages he was sending out as well as messages being sent to him. I'm so fed up and sad at the same time because the least thing I wanted was to get pegnant by him. What should I do?

If you are going to go that route as to the traditional path, do it for the right reasons, not just because. Most people go towards the traditional route mainly because of prestige. Other than the fact that it is necessary the relationship between 2 people is mutual, it also requires both to agree that they are in it for the same reasons. And off course the key ingredient: Love.

I would have to say it would be a little bit of both. I come from a very traditional family but breaking out of the shell, and now days the elders are encouraging the women to go and work so that they maybe sucessful too. On the other hand, yes many people do believe that a woman's role is to stay home and have children, in my opinion women have the gift of giving birth to anew and we as women should remember this well because not all women are able to give birth due to the ways of their own body problems.BUT! I do not agree completely with women's role in traditional values for them to just have children and not work. Working is great, not only will you be earning money but also gaining experience in the real world.

Being passionate about life doesn't come from being in love with a person. Being passionate about life comes from you. As it is the individual who knows best about oneself. Therefore, it is the choice of the individual to take it upon themselves in expressing their passion to the level they want to be in all aspects of the individual's road to happiness. As long as no harm is done among all, emotionally and physically. That includes being pressured by anyone who tries to manipulate your way of living your life.

"I'm really interested in helping women take control of their futures, take control of their destiny," Tyra Banks. And yet she features Mario Lavandeira AKA Perez Hilton on her show, a person well-known for disparaging women for their dress, for their weight, etc. He refers to Tyra as Tyranosaurus because of her weight issues. But since she had him on the show (airing today I believe) he has written nice things about her. But he regularly refers to young female singers/actresses as sluts, whores and worse. A little hypocritical if you ask me.

Tyra, my daughter birthday is Sept. 13 and she just got dump from her childhood sweetheart.Please help her. She quit her job, ran off to be with him and found out that he's engaged to be married and is expecting a child together...Please help my daughter..

I am a young woman of the age of 20. I wish to wait until my late 20's to marry/date but everyone arounds me think its ridiculus. Is it really impossible for a woman to function without a man in her life? Am I strange for wanting to follow my dreams of being an artist first before fallinf in love? Why do people assume you are a lesbian if you don't date??? I have been single for 20 years and I am happy staying single for as long as it takes. I believe that people judge too harshly on women who do not marry or want kids. I for one do not wish to have children either..i've known this since i was a little girl. But people suggest that i will never get married because men want children and if i find a man who doesnt want children. They say that he is a bad man, and probably isnt affectionate. WHICH I FIND RIDICULUS!!! Even if i am never to marry I DONT SEE WHY PEOPLE CAN'T JUST SHUT THEIR MOUTHS AND DEAL!!! AND I HATE THAT LINE "You aren't married what a waste." WHAT THE HECK IS THAT SUPPOSE TO MEAN??? IM I FOOD NOW??? Anyways sorry for sonding kinda crazy

My father said it was because of us that he goes to work everday, he said he could lose his job tomorrow but he'll still us. And we are the people that mattered in this world. Without us, he didn't have a reason to live. He died a few years ago, working, he was a truck driver for rebel oil company. So althogh my mom shouldn't work because she has back problems, she has to because the check she gets from him is enough but she needs more trying to take care of four children. She wanted us thought, we are a blessing only because my mother had an incident a when she was a child and was told that she couldn't have children, so when I came along she was the happiest woman in the world. And I realize that she'll do whatever it takes for me and my siblings...its called sacrifice and I appreciate her for that. I think she's a strong woman who lost her best friend and is successful because she runs her own tax office. So I realize in life you can do it all. Its a choice. Just because you have a husband and children, doesn't mean you can't be successful. I just depends on the person and what sacrifices they are willing to make.

I personally think its cool that some women don't want children or to get married only because I feel that not all women or men period were fit to have children. It takes a lot of work raising a child and its okay if people don't want to deal with all of that. The marriage thing too,I want to get married one day but I don't think that every other woman has to get married...if they want to be single to be single and fierce on their own let them. I personally want to get married because its something I've wanted since I was a kid and I saw that my mom and dad had a strong and wonderful marriage until he passed away a few years ago. My dad was great father and I can truly say that I am blessed to have someone like him that took the time out to teach me and talk to me about life before he left this world. I just know if I have children one day, I want to do the same thing with them. Talk to them, love them, and teach them the things I learned about life so that they can grow up and be wonderful people. I think that marriage and having children is a choice and people that don't want to, don't have to. Its all up to them. I am still young, only 18 and right now I am college studying food and beverage management, I know I am going to be successful and I dedicate my life to success but when the time comes, I will also make a choice to balance my life with my husband and kids and my job. It was one thing my dad said which always stuck with me, he

I'm a single, independent, and FIERCE ;) woman and I feel that society judges married women more than single women..my sister recently got married and everyone is always suggesting to her to remain independent even though she's married and is expecting a baby, thus I feel that things have changed over time and now women are looked upon to be independent whether married or single. After all there's nothing like an independent woman, right?

the whole point of this discussion forum is the lifestyle choice we all decide individually should be respected. Even if others disagree as to our lifestyle choices. Needless to say, the lifestyle choice that is being discussed in this forum has nothing to do with trying to be equal in superiority to men.