I’m at the point where I don’t want to watch the news anymore.  All I ever hear about is how gas prices keep going up and up and how it’s going to cripple our economy.  It’s depressing and seems like a losing battle.  We can decrease the demand but there is only so much one person can do.  Add to that how the housing market is a bust, the unemployment rate is up, and consumer confidence is at an all-time low and I’m overwhelmed with all the negativity.

I read an article today about how couples are having fewer babies because of the downturn in the economy.  This is comparable to the Great Depression where many Americans put off having children until the economy recovered.  I posit that this is a mistake for the following reasons.

If you have a baby under a year old, chances are you spend a lot of your day in daily care-taking.  You change diapers, give baths, feed, burp, carry, bounce, clean, play, entertain, and that is just in the first 3 hours of the day.  Your baby needs your constant attention to his every need—and that is the way it should be.  You need to be showering your baby with every ounce of your love.  This is what produces a happy, healthy child and that is the way God intended it.

I continue to be amazed by the number of unplanned pregnancies in the world.  Assuming everyone knows how a baby is created, how can one be unplanned?  I’m not talking about the pregnancies where birth control failed or about medical anomalies.  I am addressing the pregnancies that are “Oops!”--the ones that occur through sheer stupidity, carelessness, or indifference.