Pope Benedict XVI: Children "who feel like they are orphans are not children without parents, but children who have too many parents"
Divorce, cohabitation ruin the lives of many children, pope says
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“More and more couples build their unions on the fragility and impermanence of cohabitation, which is merely based on an ‘individual’s feeling or subjectivity,’ he said.”
“He said as divorces increase and cohabitation is on the rise, the children in these situations are ‘deprived of their parents’ support and become victims of malaise and abandonment, thus spreading social disorder.’”
“Children need concrete fixed points of reference such as having one set of parents who will always be united as a family, the pope said.”
“He said divorce is sabotaging the traditional sense of an extended family by creating too many ‘parents,’ such as stepmothers and stepfathers.”
“In fact, the majority of children today ‘who feel like they are orphans are not children without parents, but children who have too many parents,’ he said.”
“This situation of a child caught between the different expectations and mixed messages of too many stepparents ‘cannot help but create inner conflicts and confusion’ within the child, he said.”
I am reminded of children with too many teachers as well.
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