When I first heard that Jamie Lynn Spears was pregnant the first thing I thought is ‘what is that Mom doing?’ and after all the media scrutiny and judgement of Lynne Spears as the worst mother on earth I figured it was true and I was right. Bad mother didn’t do her job.
Then came Palin. Outspoken and confident comparing herself to a pitbull so that the men take her seriously yet still calling herself a soccer mom so that women and moms can relate to her. Please. What is motherly about a woman with a pregnant 17 year old daughter and a 4 month old baby with down syndrome going into the work force full time plus.
Why is it that when Jamie Lynn got pregnant we were shocked and blamed her mom yet when Palin’s daughter is in the same situation we’re ready to pass it off as something that happens… to a republican??? Who is supposed to advocate family values??!!
Palin going to work as vice president is of course impressive and the fact that Hillary Clinton fought for so many years and worked so hard to get to a presidential election and raised a daughter who didn’t have a baby by 18, yet Palin coming in out of nowhere ready to leave behind a family that clearly needs her to serve her country is ludicrous to me.
If I worked full time and found out that my teenage daughter is pregnant that would be enough for me to realize I’m not spending enough time being a Mom to my kids and leave my job. Add to that a 4 month old with special needs and I’d probably not see the light of day for the unforseen future, and neither would my pregnant teenage daughter.
But Palin finds this a good time to turn up her career. What does that say? What type of example is that?
Nancy Pelosi began her political career when she was in her 60’s after raising 5 kids and seeing the youngest one off to college at 21. That’s admirable. In my opinion what Palin is doing is not admirable. In fact it’s selfish and greedy. No one says that we can’t have it all but I don’t think we can have it all AT ONCE and not see some consequences and fall out.
And now after Lynn Spears book has come out and I’ve read some excerpts of it I have to say that I’ve changed my mind about her. I no longer condemn her, instead to some degree I feel sorry for her and hope that I have better influence and control over my children. What happened to her happens to millions of Mom’s every day all over the world. She has 3 kids and 2 of them famous with influences and temptations that most of us will never know. I hope that my kids aren’t tempted by drugs, and that’s only amongst the peer pressure of their friends in school. How hard must it be for her to watch the world tempt her daughters. Fame and fortune and wealth can be very overwhelming for anyone but for a 17 year old it’s almost a given.
Now, of course I can run a list of things she could have/should have done to prevent her daughter getting pregnant but there are no gaurantees are there? You do your best and hope its enough. Parents of kids who commit crimes and murders I’m sure don’t feel the need to tell their kids every day that murder is bad and wrong – they just expect them to know. Yet the kids do it anyway.
If Palin is elected I don’t think it sends a good message. We’ve come far to be able to work when we want to but do we really need to sacrifice our children’s welfare for it. Even the job of vice president. I thought motherhood was the most important job in the world. Even if we sometimes make mistakes.
