Bride who dragged newborn down aisle faces criticism
Although this particular Tennessee bride’s intentions to have her baby play an important part in her wedding ceremony may have been admirable, her means of bringing the newborn down the aisle may seem downright reckless by others.
As evidenced by Shona Carter-Brooks’ own admission, she did indeed have her one-month-old strapped to her gown and dragged her baby down the aisle, but asserted she had the child “firmly secured” and ultimately very safe throughout the entire celebration.
~ Ryan Arciero, reporting on the firestorm of criticism of Shona Carter-Brooks following the wedding picture posted of her one-month old anchored to her mother’s wedding gown on her wedding day, Examiner, June 5
Jun.06, 2014 6:00 am |
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Jill Stanek is a nurse turned speaker, columnist and blogger, a national figure in the effort to protect both preborn and postborn innocent human life.
After all the baby is supposed to come after the wedding!!!
Obviously lack of judgement on the part of the parts.
Seems that the baby is an afterthought, an “accessory” . Her main objective was to have that big, fancy wedding….somebody needs to get their priorities in order. Just my opinion
I don’t think any of us know her, and they did not abort and tried to involve their baby in their wedding… I think a little less judgment and a little more support of this couple would be nice. They made a mistake in their odd way of involving this baby but I’m sure they have it in them to be good parents, they might just need some guidance and help.
When my son was a few months old I had him on the changing table and went into the other room to get diapers, and came back in and found him on the floor (he wasn’t hurt at all, thank God). I wasn’t intentionally being a bad parent, I was just twenty years old and had no experience with babies besides him, didn’t realize how quick they could learn to roll over. I think new parents need to be taught and guided and supported rather than judging them for having the baby before birth or making a weird, possibly dangerous decision to pull the baby on the wedding dress train.
Having the baby before the wedding, not birth lol.
You said it yourself,DLPL . “weird, possibly dangerous decision.” Let’s not talk “judgement”, then. This is a “comment section” on a blog. Everyone is entitled to their opinion. just because someone lacks discernment or common sense doesn’t make them a “bad” person necessarily, but putting yourself out there by letting a photo be published is going to bring “judgement” , as it were.
Nobody forced her to publish the photos, or to allow them to be published.
I didn’t say anyone wasn’t entitled to an opinion, I’m simply sharing mine.
You know I was at a dinner event two nights ago and an entire table of ladies began talking about this. I remember seeing it on the blog but didnt read it at that time. One woman thought it was funny and the other said “How stupid could one be?” Most of these women were in their 60s. After looking Im also glad she didnt abort and at least the baby wasnt hurt. Congrats on her marriage.
That was a stupid thing to do to the baby. I certainly hope this is not indicative of the care (or lack thereof) the poor little babe will receive in the future.
seriously guys? That baby was in no danger whatsoever. (s)he was attached to a secure surface with *many* adults in close proxcimity, The baby is clearly too young to roll over or otherwise crawl away during the proceedings. This is functionally identical to strapping the newborn into a stroller, bouncer, ring sling, or back carry. Sure it’s kind of weird. Why not back carry? Or have her in a little decorated Moses’ basket? But ultimately that it’s ‘unusual’ isn’t any cause to be up in arms. This baby wasn’t put in harm’s way, it was safe, secure, and paid attention to. It was in a lot better position to be cared for and watched after than if (s)he had been left in a crib in another room, and we as a society have no problem leaving a completely helpless and independent babe in a private room. It’s weird; I certainly wouldn’t have done it, but it also isn’t anything meriting anything past a ‘huh, bizarre’. And while obviously the ‘proper’ order is wedding *then* baby, it is *ALWAYS* awesome to see a baby at a wedding ceremony. It means that parents who could have chosen to kill the kid chose life and, furthermore, two people living in sin whose lifestyle would be a life-long detriment to that baby, have taken steps to provide a proper two-parent, married household for their offspring, increasing greatly the kids socio-economic and educational future. Really, for shame!
I have no idea what’s going on at the beginning of my post there, I didn’t do that ‘strict standards’ gobletegook