Mom Forced to Choose Sons During Tsunami

You know... we can all sit here and ponder her decision in the relative safety of our homes/offices and talk about what she should've done or why she did it, yet none of us were in that situation. Hopefully, none of us will *ever* be in that situation.

I won't speculate on why she did what she did, because it is completely unfair to her and the mere suggestion that she's a bad parent or didn't love her kids is insulting to her.

I've read that story a couple of times and each time I want to grab that lady, hold her tight and give her some tiny bit of comfort for the painful decision she was forced into. Luckily, as we know, it turned out to be a happy ending, but she certainly didn't know that when forced with the decision.

Just hope you're never, ever, faced with a decision like that.

What exactly are you saying here , Paulo ?

Are you again supporting your original apparent contention that the average father's willingness to take risk, and even die, for his child is gigantically less than that of the average mother?

If this is in fact what you mean, I say again - you are wrong. If you are a father something really bad must have happened to prevent you forming a normal relationship with your child.

I assure you that once a parent of either sex has been allowed to bond properly with his/her child, then there is absolutely no difference between their dedication in these respects. There is a myth that the mother is more caring and willing to sacrifice, but this is simply not the case, particularly when real danger threatens.

I assume your original remark was flippantly meant - but trivially maligning a whole gender in such a serious context is a bit over the top, don't you think?