Super moms take charge

by Celine Chahine

There are extreme measures for how far a mother would go to help her child.
17 year old Xochitl Parra, in Long Beach, California, gave birth to her child at her house and desperately walked all the way to the hospital, with her baby still attached by its umbilical cord.
Parra said that she had been taking a shower before school when she felt that it was time to give birth. She had kept her pregnancy a secret, for obvious reasons. Parra risked her life by walking to the hospital; she could have bled to death. Her baby could have also died if she did not wrap it in a towel. Parra’s brave actions saved the life of her child.
There are many times when a parent, like Parra, risks their own life in order to save their child’s. When a mothers instinct kicks in and nothing else matters to them other than the safety of there child. What Parra and many other mothers do is very heroic, but their heroism is often taken for granted.
It was very good to see the article about Parra in the news, because most times when a parent is acknowledged for their parenting, it is normally because they did something evil and wrong. Seeing an article like the one about Parra shows that not all parents these days are bad, and that there are still many parents out their that are courageous and should be praised upon.
Instead of getting articles and stories about all the bad things that are going on in the world, one needs to realize that there should be a break from the horrifying news. Every once in a while they should shine the spotlight on the stories that bring a smile to peoples faces, not a frown. By doing this, hope can be regained and people will look up to heroes once again.