I'm currently filling out a survey for the Grad School and the question I'm on now asks how many "dependent children" I have.
Do I answer 0 or 1? Is this a test of my convictions about when life begins? Am I turning my back on my poor, defenseless fetus if I answer 0?
I'm half joking, but really, I'm not at all sure how to answer this question!
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What was you immediate thought 0 or 1? Mine was 0 but hey I chose not to think too hard about it.
ReplyDeleteWell, my first thought wasn't really 0 or 1 - it was more a question of semantics. Surely, my child is nothing if not "dependent" right now, but in what sense do I "have" her?
ReplyDeleteI ended up answering 0, but I hadn't realized that this could ever be a complicated question.
Apparently the question on sex was even fuzzier, though, because the options were "Male, Female, or Transgendered." This was the first time I'd ever seen that!
Yes I was listening to NPR one day and they had a very "sad" story about children who are transgendered. It raises some very intersting questions about a childs mind and how they view themselves sexually. I think it would be diffcult as a parent to handly properly.
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