Word: parenthood
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...often turns out to be a neurotic who has an unconscious desire to assert his virility. There is also the "Don Juan" type who tries to cover up a feeling of inadequacy with a life of carefree promiscuity. Some men, Dr. Reider believes, are even motivated in their illegitimate parenthood by a desire to get married...
...think that parenthood pays the highest dividends in the world...
...SAME TIME WE'RE AWED BY THE EFFICIENCY OF ALEXANDER PARENTHOOD. WHEN WE TOLD OUR KIDS THAT BABIES CAME FROM INSIDE THEIR MOTHERS, THEY JUST ASKED US HOW THEY GOT IN THERE TO BEGIN WITH. AND MAYBE WE'RE SISSIES, BUT WE'RE DAMNED IF WE'RE GOING TO DEMONSTRATE...
James A. Stillman, late National City Banker, heir to millions, and co-star of one of the gamiest divorce suits of the '20s, turned out to have died deep in debt. Stillman and wife "Fifi" charged each other with offside parenthood-she by an Indian guide, he by a chorus girl. She got the divorce, promptly married Harvester Heir Fowler McCormick. A New York estate tax appraisal last week: Stillman owned $875,745, owed $1,079,539. Notable debt: $362,848 to the four Stillman children for their support...
...Society should study reasonable and just ways of discouraging parenthood on the part of those who are seriously unfitted to cope with its responsibilities...