Abortions.... Comment to Someone Else's Blog

    As I read through Austin McKee's blog, Deep in the Heart of Texas, she writes over abortion in Texas and says that having an abortion is something people shouldn't be judged over, and that if there were no abortion clinics, people would be getting them in unsafe ways.
    I can't help but agree with her while reading her article.  I agree when saying that people shouldn't be judged, because they could be doing it for very good reasons, and they could be really great people. I also agree that people will get them in other ways than a clinic.  This could be very harmful, and more discouraged and ways to be judged than going to a clinic.
     Having a child when not ready would be irresponsible.  I wrote my blog post over cps offices holding kids, and I bet some of these kids come from families that should have had an abortion.
    One thing I would really love to have seen from her blog is her seeing the other side of the story.  Maybe throw in the other sides argument and let us know why that is the wrong way to think, and another point I think should have been made, is all that a clinic does for women  besides just having abortions.
   I think this was a great article, and I know a lot of people could disagree with me and say that every child should be born and live a life, but everyone feels different ways.

They are just children

      Today I wanted to talk about a story we mentioned in class about having a shortage in foster homes for children.  This article troubled me because I spend so much time with kids, (because I work with an after school care program), that it pains me to see that these children don't have the life that they should be given.  There have been no room for children in these foster cares, that they have been sleeping in the cps offices. This brings me to 2 questions. 1) Is it because we are taking too many kids away for something that we shouldn't have? And 2) Are there too many terrible parents.      

       I am not saying that all parents are terrible, but in my opinion you shouldn't be a parent unless you are ready, and that includes being the mature one, and knowing how to handle certain situations.  You can't plan for everything, but you can know that there are certain things you just shouldn't do. By this I am talking about assaulting a child.  There have been a couple cases in which we (the people I work with and I) have had to call CPS because a kid has a big blue bruise of a handprint on his or her face. I can understand simple things like spanking a child, but smacking them is another story.  

     Kids are not only sent to foster care because of terrible parents, but terrible things could happen to the family as a whole.  For example if a child's parents pass away, and they have nobody to live with. There are also times where the parents are taken from their home, (jail) and the home is not safe for children to live in.  That goes along with being responsible.  If you were to have a child, you can't think of yourself anymore, you need to put the child before you to ensure it has a good life.  

     It pains me to see kids sleeping in a CPS office building because they have nowhere to go.  I believe that there should be more places/ homes for these kids to live in. There is however a new policy in Texas that limits the amount of people that qualify to host children, and I believe that is there to ensure a good life for the kids, and should stay. Wether they are actual families or a facilities that can hold multiple kids, it is just important that they live a happy life like they deserve.