Unfortunately, I am forced to come to the conclusion that today's women have stepped down from their pedestals. We behave in such unseemly ways, especially in our mode of dress. We now show everything, and there is no longer any mystery.

We also have decided that in these hard financial times, the answer is to have relationships with several men. This decision many times results in many of our children being given the wrong names, as the women really are not able to tell who the true father is. So, they tend to look at the slew of men they have been seeing and select the one with the most cash.

Unable to trace ancestry

What does this do to the children produced? They are unable to trace their ancestry on their father's side, and here, the health factor kicks in. They are not able to look at their genetic map, and so a lot of these children could be born with ailments that are in the genes of their father; but of course they are calling the wrong man 'daddy'.

Morality all over the world has taken a beating, but with all that is happening, is it not time to go back to basics and follow the golden rule?

We owe all the children of the world a safe and loving place in which to begin their childhood and this, in turn, will make these children become good citizens.

May I, therefore, implore all mothers to take a good look at themselves and make the right decision.

I am, etc.,

BARBARA COVER

Kingston 6