tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31762465.post7384238934292502605..comments2023-09-28T06:26:07.114-04:00Comments on Hugh McBryde (<i>the Modern Pharisee</i>): Why the MSM is still staying out of the FLDS FiascoHugh McBrydehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16926516260588481185noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31762465.post-33179398066267091202008-06-09T00:54:00.000-04:002008-06-09T00:54:00.000-04:00Personally, my daughter COULD have married at 16-1...Personally, my daughter COULD have married at 16-17. She was at least ready mentally and physically at that point but there wasn't a man for her then so she's not married now and she's 21. Finding a man is a tough thing.<BR/><BR/>I have two things to add. One is that we train up our children to have an extended childhood. This is not necessary. Many more young boys and girls could be men and women much earlier, if we taught them how to be.<BR/><BR/>The other thing is, both boys and girls mature at different rates that one another. You could easily have a girl not ready when she was 17 and her sister be ready at 14. I think we've turned ourselves in to industrial age prudes in denial when it comes to age of marriage and readiness for it.Hugh McBrydehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16926516260588481185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31762465.post-260956240148011592008-06-09T00:41:00.000-04:002008-06-09T00:41:00.000-04:00I would agree with the secular view that an MTV-wa...I would agree with the secular view that an MTV-watching, cell phone totin, iPod carrying, 14 year old mall rat that dresses like a prostitute and aspires (or is) sexually active should not be considered mature enough to be entering in a marriage relationship or having kids.<BR/>However, what the law doesn't allow for is that there ARE 14 year old young ladies who have been taught the value of work, that motherhood is an honor and a privilege, how to take care of a home environment, and how to make mature decisions. Age is a poor indicator of maturity in post-pubescent men or women IMHO.Bruce in Montanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08480425208723630243noreply@blogger.com