Ms. Rosin thinks Sarah Palin's homelife is a wreck? Hmmmm. Is Ms. Palin going to be criticized now for having too many children? Not marrying a man with more money? Getting involved in politics when obviously her time as governor of Alaska made the way clear for her daughter to have sex and get pregnant?

Ms. Rosin, your children are probably too young for you to appreciate this but women who raise families raise the children to become teenagers. In the most affluent neighborhoods, the teens are having sex, believe me. Trust me on that one - but maybe you know that and still think those teens are just too smart to get pregnant. Actually, they get pregnant too; it does happen.

Sarah Palin's doing a good job with her family as far as I can tell. If her teen daughter marries the father of her child, she will be doing what a lot of teens do in other parts of the country, marrying early. They may eventually divorce. In which case, they would truly be typical Americans, making Sarah Palin even more the average mother of divorced adult children.

I never bought the crap that Bill and HIllary tried to sell the public - that they never missed a recital or a soccer game that Chelsea participated in. I never bought it that Hilary was a full time mom and at the same time worked man-type hours at a law firm, never using babysitters. Chelsea turned out just fine. So will Sarah Palin's kids, or at least as fine as any other politician's kids. Or doctor's kids, or lawyer's kids. Or bus driver's kids, for that matter.

Raising a daughter who gets pregnant out of wedlock in HIGH SCHOOL is a HUGE FAILING on the part of the parents. PERIOD.

Sarah Palin did NOT do a good job with her family. A good parent's child doesn't get knocked up in high school. That's simple. It's not the end of the world, but let's not act like the parents did a phenomenal job. They dropped the ball. Marrying the father does not change the fact that the teenage GIRL has given up her entire youth (which is something to seriously lament), nor does it change the fact that her parents failed her in not raising her well-enough to make better choices.

Let's cut the crap. Being a mom doesn't necessarily make you a GOOD mom. And GOOD parents raise children to be young adults who make reasonably good decisions.

I'm getting a little tired of moms acting like merely having children makes them special and extraordinary. It is the act of raising children WELL that's special. Sarah Palin failed in that department. Thus, yes, her homelife is a wreck.

Instead of dropping this all in Palins lap there should be personal responsibility placed with the daughter and her boyfriend. Any person with a teen, or who has been a teen, KNOWS that parental advice is not always followed. Some perfect parents can have imperfect kids and many flawed parents have great kids PERIOD.

Have Levi and Bristol set the wedding date? Believe me, you would NOT want to be holding your breath until they do...or more specifically, until HE does.

You hit the nail right on the head. I can't understand why she'd chose to keep having so many children, if she had soooo much ambition? Having said that, I believe children are an awesome blessing and require alot of love, guidance and TIME. If she can't help to manage her own family, how can she help manage a country?

dhster:

Raising a daughter who gets pregnant out of wedlock in HIGH SCHOOL is a HUGE FAILING on the part of the parents. PERIOD.. . .And GOOD parents raise children to be young adults who make reasonably good decisions.

errmm.. lol

Do you have any children? I'd be really surprised if you did because your argument is quite a leap.

Parents can teach and teach and talk and talk and lead by example and be there unfailingly, and their kids will STILL make mistakes.. BIG ones. We all do. That's what makes all of us human.

Neither of my parents were there for me. I went to 14 schools in 10 years; my mom was an alcholic; and my father got married five times after he divorced my mother. By your argument, I should have been a statistic, but I made good choices in spite of my parents poor behavior and lack of concern. I waited to have sex until I was married, and I never drank until I was 21.

The bottom line is that "good" parents do their best to be there, love unconditionally, and live by example... and keep a prayer on our lips that it was enough.