Comments on: Intangible babies https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2007/12/06/intangible-babies/ Thought-provoking commentary on life, politics, religion and social issues. Wed, 12 Dec 2007 02:32:17 +0000 hourly 1 By: Mary Siever https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2007/12/06/intangible-babies/comment-page-1/#comment-36921 Wed, 12 Dec 2007 02:32:17 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/2007/12/06/intangible-babies/#comment-36921 I consider my babies to be a very tangible reward. A piece of jewelry wouldn’t even come close to matching the blessing of my new baby, no matter what the price.

Kim knows what they are saying. It just seems strange that some mothers want something else. To each their own, I guess. But I for one don’t see a material gift as being anywhere equal to a newborn baby.

]]> By: ltbugaf https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2007/12/06/intangible-babies/comment-page-1/#comment-36914 Wed, 12 Dec 2007 01:37:36 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/2007/12/06/intangible-babies/#comment-36914 Of course, I know you’re being facetious, but I still think it may be worth mentioning this:

Babies are tangible. But the NY Times editors aren’t talking about the babies; they’re suggesting that mothers want a bonus—in other words, something in addition to the babies—that is also tangible.

They may also be saying that although we enjoy wonderful rewards from parenthood, those rewards are, for the greater part, intangibles such as love and moral satisfaction. Mothers, they suggest, want tangibles as well.

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