This article about choosing a guardian for one's children has me thinking about that problem for my own children. Dh and I have not chosen a guardian for them. Like the author of that article, dh and I have several options, but none of them are perfect. Here is what we have right now:
A: a couple with children slightly older than ours who would raise our daughters well, but not completely with the same religious background. Enough money and reasonably close ties to family.
B: a couple who are empty-nesters with enough money, identical religious values, and close ties to family.
C: A very young couple with no children and limited income. Identical religious values and close ties to family. This option would probably improve over time.
In addition to all this, I know we are tagged as the guardians of some children in another family and we welcome that.
It's hard to think about who we would want to raise our children if something happened to us. Dh has a family member who was poorly raised by a relative (who didn't really want to raise more children) after her parents died when she was a teenager, so we know it is possible such a thing could happen. The relative turned out to be a fantastic person, but it was despite her upbringing, not because of it.
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