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My friends and their "perfect children" are making me jealous!
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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 520341" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>JJJ - Life handed you a bowl of lemons. That was NOT your choice.</p><p></p><p>How can I possibly know that? I have an adopted bro... who was school-aged when we got him. It was a loaded situation and - knowing what I know from this board - <em>should have been</em> a total disaster. Now, I don't call it a total success, either - but it turns out HE is my parents' pride and joy, the "successful one", the "easy child" in their eyes. I also have adopted cousins - not too much younger than me... with a mix of successful and less-successful stories.</p><p></p><p>We also have a number of friends with challenged bio-children. Some knew the risks going in and took a 50-50 chance (and lost twice). Others didn't know the risks at all, and ended up both being carriers for some rare genetic disorder, which affects all of their kids. </p><p></p><p>And then there's the parts of our family that started with PCs, fed certain (acceptable to society but higher risk) interests and aptitudes, and now have... severely disabled kids. </p><p></p><p>What if... and If only... Coulda, woulda, shoulda, the whole parent-guilt thing seems to be attached to parent-hood. Having kids is a long-shot gamble, no matter where you start from.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 520341, member: 11791"] JJJ - Life handed you a bowl of lemons. That was NOT your choice. How can I possibly know that? I have an adopted bro... who was school-aged when we got him. It was a loaded situation and - knowing what I know from this board - [I]should have been[/I] a total disaster. Now, I don't call it a total success, either - but it turns out HE is my parents' pride and joy, the "successful one", the "easy child" in their eyes. I also have adopted cousins - not too much younger than me... with a mix of successful and less-successful stories. We also have a number of friends with challenged bio-children. Some knew the risks going in and took a 50-50 chance (and lost twice). Others didn't know the risks at all, and ended up both being carriers for some rare genetic disorder, which affects all of their kids. And then there's the parts of our family that started with PCs, fed certain (acceptable to society but higher risk) interests and aptitudes, and now have... severely disabled kids. What if... and If only... Coulda, woulda, shoulda, the whole parent-guilt thing seems to be attached to parent-hood. Having kids is a long-shot gamble, no matter where you start from. [/QUOTE]
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