I’m sure you’ve heard the phrase “win-win.”
It’s typically used when talking about negotiations, and how each side in a negotiation should seek not only to improve its own standing, but also the standing of the party it is negotiating with.
I’ve always been attracted to the concept of win-win because it moves one away from a position of being adversarial towards others.
And it forces one to be creative and expand the mind in terms of available options, instead of lazily and quickly settling on only one option that benefits oneself.
I bring up the concept of win-win because I believe that if young women are raised in an environment where they are taught that it is always best to seek win-win arrangements in their interactions with others, then they are much less likely to seek an abortion should they face an unexpected pregnancy.
Why?
Because they will have had instilled in them that it is wrong to get what they want (win) in an interaction with another human being by making that other human being worse off in some way (lose).
Abortion, of course, is the ultimate “lose” for the preborn human being.
Who is responsible for instilling these win-win principles in a young girl?
I would say every adult that ever comes in contact with her is responsible.
But I think the two adults that are most responsible because they can have the greatest influence on the girl are her parents.
With that in mind, what parents would teach their daughter that for her to get what she wants in life (win), her decisions in her interactions with others should result in them not getting what they want in life (lose)?
I believe instilling such a character defect in a young girl is a dereliction of duty.
In addition, the parents must walk their talk.
If after instilling a win-win mindset in their daughter, she faced an unexpected pregnancy, the parents should be all-in on supporting her and encouraging her to choose life.
Based on the fact that almost a million young women in our country every year make a decision to abort, it would appear that win-win values are not being instilled in our young women.
Brett