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Baptism by fire, or my sister in law's intro to our family!
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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 298066" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>It sounds like you opened her eyes. I hope it doesn't make her run away. She may even think that adopting an older child will give her the idea that if they are older you can tell if they have "problems". My childhood bff wanted to adopt an older child because you could make sure you got one without mental or chronic physical illness. I just about lost my mind laughing at her. Not meant to be mean, but she was so far from reality it was humorous to me. She "especially" wanted to make sure she didn't get a child like Wiz - and got alughed at after she had the cajones to say that to me over the phone!</p><p></p><p>I get very annoyed when people ask if I am "sure" that Wiz needs/needed to be on a specific medication. Usually an evening babysitting after the adhd medications wore off "fixed" that "helpful" suggestion. In my family it was frequently mixed with the "Susie doesn't know what she is doing so we have to correct her" crud. Esp from my dad's siblings.</p><p></p><p>I hope she becomes a real ally and friend. It is hard to suddenly realize things like this though.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 298066, member: 1233"] It sounds like you opened her eyes. I hope it doesn't make her run away. She may even think that adopting an older child will give her the idea that if they are older you can tell if they have "problems". My childhood bff wanted to adopt an older child because you could make sure you got one without mental or chronic physical illness. I just about lost my mind laughing at her. Not meant to be mean, but she was so far from reality it was humorous to me. She "especially" wanted to make sure she didn't get a child like Wiz - and got alughed at after she had the cajones to say that to me over the phone! I get very annoyed when people ask if I am "sure" that Wiz needs/needed to be on a specific medication. Usually an evening babysitting after the adhd medications wore off "fixed" that "helpful" suggestion. In my family it was frequently mixed with the "Susie doesn't know what she is doing so we have to correct her" crud. Esp from my dad's siblings. I hope she becomes a real ally and friend. It is hard to suddenly realize things like this though. [/QUOTE]
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