This family has been called “selfish” because they didn’t kill their son in the womb when he had a bad diagnosis. He’s now 13 months and doing well. They cherish every day they have with him and never want to lose him. But others are calling them “selfish” for “keeping” their child.
I have this theory that when people lash out in strange ways, it’s because they have made some life choices they are uncomfortable with. (Another reason is because you are a jackass, but we’ll leave that be for now.) So one reason why you would do this cruel thing to a family is because you yourself killed your child in the womb, and you struggle with it. People want to feel better, not worse, about their choices, even bad ones.
It is I, Captain Obvious: It’s not selfish to keep your kid. I could go on a neat little rant about this, but I’ll spare you for today.
This is Jaxon, 13 months old in spite of a terminal diagnosis.
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What gets me is the people who say he couldn’t possibly be saying “Mama” and “Dada” because he is lacking the parts of his brain that would permit him to do so. Seems to me that this little guy has an awful lot to teach us about the plasticity of the brain. I hope that his doctor and his parents write his case study.
Just think, if this kid can say “Mama” while missing the better part of his brain, then maybe, just maybe, the scientists might not be completely out to lunch who say that prenatal children, whose brains haven’t completely developed yet, can feel pain.
I understand this to be a manifestation of “the revenge of conscience” so well articulated by J. Budziszewski (long but well worth it — grab a coffee and RTWT):
http://www.firstthings.com/article/1998/06/001-the-revenge-of-conscience