“F” rating for “The Conception Chronicles”
Thursday, March 1st, 2007I am barely on page 7 of this book by Patty Doyle Debano, Courtney Edgerton Menzel and Shelly Dicken Sutphen, and already I am offended and disgusted. The authors seem to assume that:
every woman is taking birth control
every childbearing-age couple is rich enough to own a house, and stupid enough to think a baby needs a whole new addition to the house
those couples only want two or three children (thank God for the Catholic couples who say that it gets easier with five and six children and more, with more helpers)
we want to hear normal marital sex referred to as “unprotected”
the view that God made our bodies perfect and birth control absolutely should not be used is for barefoot women in long skirts who mutter prayers and actually love God…like me
Some of it is okay The above really bothers me, with the occasional swear word - the authors represent the kind of people I want to keep my family away from. Thank God I also checked out the book that inspired “The Sound of Music”, called “The Trapp Family Singers”, a heartwarming tale written by a truly Catholic mother. That’s what I’m going to read in bed while Catherine sleeps!