DNA & Paternity Test Week

It felt last week like I was in DNA and paternity test overdrive. The number of episodes dedicated to the subject was incredible to me. From the man who was found to be the father of three different children with three different woman and he already had five others so that would be a total of eight children with a minimum of four women to the woman who gave her daughter away for adoption as a child and was being tested to see if this person that she did not want to be the mother of was indeed her child. Mothers turning on their sons and accusing them of fathering children and berating them in public only to find out that their sons were right and had not fathered this child. Even cousins being test to see which was the real father of a particular child.

You watch this stuff and it makes you wonder, " is there any restraint anymore?". I know that our society is a "me" and "I want it now" kind of place and the state of our economy and our financial sectors is a clear indication that we overindulge, but isn't there any area that we respect enough to at least take a moment to contemplate the consequences of our actions. Do we think about the damage this may do to the child if these actions result in a pregnancy? What legacy does behavior that results in these situations leave for our children and grandchildren? Are we such a set of spoiled brats that we really don't care about anything or anybody but ourselves all the time? I am beginning to believe that we as a society are that self absorbed. Our over indulgences come in different forms but they all point to a people that are unhappy and searching for something to make us feel better regardless of the price that must be paid. This really saddens me because if this type of behavior continues, our children and grandchildren have rough times and very little to look forward to.

I suddenly feel dirty and in need of a shower but I don't think the water can wash away this feeling.

Be well friends!

Talk to you again soon.