I am scratching my head over the purpose of Mona Charen’s column.
Neither she nor anyone else needs the Super Bowl to “teach” us that a loving, emotionally healthy home (usually) begets loving, emotional healthy children. Is she astounded that Black families are capable of this? Is she subtly assuring her mostly White readership that all…
I am scratching my head over the purpose of Mona Charen’s column.
Neither she nor anyone else needs the Super Bowl to “teach” us that a loving, emotionally healthy home (usually) begets loving, emotional healthy children. Is she astounded that Black families are capable of this? Is she subtly assuring her mostly White readership that all would be well if only more Black families were like the Hurts and Mahomes? One thing is certain (based on her other writings): Whether a child is wanted or not is beside the point.
Anyway, that the home of Charen’s fantasies is a good thing may not be that complicated--as she writes--but providing it is hardly easy. It does make a difference when the children are wanted, when the marriage is strong, when the parents have a support system, and when they know when the family’s next meal is coming from. So, Mona, doesn’t a wealthy country have an interest in doing as much as possible to facilitate all of this?
I am scratching my head over the purpose of Mona Charen’s column.
Neither she nor anyone else needs the Super Bowl to “teach” us that a loving, emotionally healthy home (usually) begets loving, emotional healthy children. Is she astounded that Black families are capable of this? Is she subtly assuring her mostly White readership that all would be well if only more Black families were like the Hurts and Mahomes? One thing is certain (based on her other writings): Whether a child is wanted or not is beside the point.
Anyway, that the home of Charen’s fantasies is a good thing may not be that complicated--as she writes--but providing it is hardly easy. It does make a difference when the children are wanted, when the marriage is strong, when the parents have a support system, and when they know when the family’s next meal is coming from. So, Mona, doesn’t a wealthy country have an interest in doing as much as possible to facilitate all of this?