Therapy Tuesday
Slumdog star Rubina’s father wants to sell her. The world has gone wild; Slumdog star Rubina’s father is trying to sell her. How dare he! Now Indian police are investigating. Check out this You Tube video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2grzeso6n0&feature=player_embedded
I have three children, and when they misbehave I have joked with them, that I am going to put them up for sale on Craigslist. I am sure you have too. Most parents have. The difference between us and Rubina’s father is that he was serious and actually tried to strike a deal with a reporter.
Everyone is so quick to judge, make news, and appear to be do-gooders. What people seem to be missing is that there are tremendous differences between countries like India, China and Africa, which are third world countries, and America.
I love my children to death, and would give my life for any one of them. Thanks to the tremendous sacrifices my parents made to emigrate from Russia, I live in America. A country of freedom, prosperity, potential for income and wealth, available to everyone and anyone, rich or poor, who want to work hard and succeed.
Unfortunately, third-world countries do not have the same opportunities. After watching the above video, who can judge Rubina’s father? You may not agree, and you may choose to do differently, but maybe to him, this was tremendous sacrifice and he did it to improve the life of not only his daughter, Rubina, but his entire family. I am a child of parents who sacrificed a lot to immigrate and until one has lived in the same conditions that Rubina's family lives, and has endured their daily struggles, don't judge!
Now as for my husband, he is up for sale at all times. BUT: I pay, if you take him.
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