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As for having another child at a relatively late age, she feels: "Generally speaking, a mature mother is a mother more sure of herself. And possibly a mother better able to appreciate her child. I always had a . . . an uneasy feeling when I would hear about women, or girls, in their teens having children. How much of a competent, able and confident mother can a person of 16 or even 18 be?
"But I do love motherhood. It beats marriage, any day. Fathers come and go, if I may point out the somewhat obvious. But a baby remains. You get a child for at least 18 years. There is no such guarantee with a husband. Not that I'm anti men. But I don't think men are the be-all and end-all, and modern reproductive science is proving that out."