Your child and spouse are drowning. Whom do you save first? Your child and spouse are drowning. Whom do you save first? Your child and spouse are drowning. Whom do you save first? The child. Our argument for saving him/her first is based on the following considerations. The child didn’t decide to have you; the case is the converse. As the conception was your decision, you cannot back away from the responsibility it incurs. The child is the more powerless/helpless party in this relationship and, therefore, in greater need of assistance, in as much as (a) he/she had nothing to do with his/her coming into the world, (b) if we are talking about a young child, he/she is also physically less able to fend for himself/herself. As a child, you would have expected your parents to act this way. Do you agree or disagree?
