Ellie Symmonds iTV show about starting a family

[ThePunnyPeachDuck]

Don’t get me wrong I love Ellie , think she’s amazing but going on ITV to think about having a child is a bit much, most people do this in private

I would rather she went in the jungle and ate bugs then this, just seems to be another grief merchant now the strictlys and bake offs etc have dried up

Ellie Simmonds was addressing a specific issue that effectively broke any relationship that there could have been between her and her birth mother for years: there were many babies abandoned in the past because they were perceived as less than perfect at birth.
It was not a grief party - just an examination of the dilemma that many people go through, asking if, after their own experience, it’s right to have a baby! It provided some great insights, and pointed out attitudes that existed in the past, and asked if these had largely changed.
YABU, and seem to lack empathy…

I found the programme thought provoking, there are plenty of celebrity “ real life” self indulgent programmes on our screens these days that you could find objectionable this IMHO was not one of them.
Yes it used the ‘should I have a baby’ narrative as a jumping off point but it went on to encompass much more.

you don't have to watch. I didn't as its my thing. its easy to advoid.

What an unpleasant post, OP. Does it not occur to you that she has issues to consider before deciding whether to have a child that most of us don’t? When most of us think ‘Should I have a child?’, what we are usually thinking about is whether I want to, and whether I can support a child — someone with a life-altering genetic condition has to think about heritability and the ethics of knowingly giving birth to a child with that condition in a world that doesnt give visible difference an easy time.

So the disabled woman. With thoughts and opinions she wants to explore, makes you uncomfortable so you don't think she should have made a documentary ?

I agree

I didn’t know she’d made a documentary but it looks like something I’d watch! So thanks for the recommendation I guess? Anyway I voted YABU, it sounds like she’s exploring an interesting topic through the lens of her own experiences, I wouldn’t call that being a grief merchant.

This. Just don’t watch things you don’t want to watch. No need to suggest they shouldn’t exist.

We haven’t got you wrong op.

I knew what your post was going to say before I read it.

Fyi grief merchants are people who illicit sympathy and understanding where none is due. As has been demonstrated very accurately by your thread, Ellie Symmonds, does not fall even remotely in to that category. Nor does she feel sorry for herself either. And I imagine that programme helped a lot of people.

I wonder if the Op failed to see Ellie as an actual adult woman and just covered up with the "celeb" comments.

Yabu.
I think Ellie is very bravely shining a light on something that often doesn't get discussed

YABVVVVVVVU

A magnificent woman once lived by the motto “never explain, never complain”

this current generation will sell anything to the highest bidder.

i remember this Country was once dignified and had some self respect

I think it was more of an exploration into why people decide to abort because of a disability and an exploration of people's decisions

What are you on about ?

Oh come on.

Agree that you sound awfully unempathetic, OP.

How you could fail to understand that disabled women might worry about the likelihood of passing on their genes is beyond me.

How is Ellie lacking self respect or dignity by discussing questions and issues around disabilities and having children?