Perhaps inevitably, Babble has published several counterpoints to the shitstorm that was last week’s “I Love My Son More Than My Daughter” and the ensuing fallout. (Which launched a thousand blog posts.) They’re interesting and though-provoking and, hopefully, mark the end of a teachable moment for bloggers and non-bloggers everywhere.
John Cave Osborne’s article is a pretty moderate response, what with his respectful nod to his colleague’s “guts” and honesty. But his point his clear: he, as a father of five, would never publicly write something like this, for all the reasons enumerated by outraged commenters. As many people pointed out, children this age are still developing people; this sort of favoritism causes strife between siblings; everyone has moments where they don’t like their kids. But his main point is the same one readers articulated again and again: her daughter could read these words one day.
Fellow Babble writer Katie Allison Granju addressed this when she wrote,
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