Posted by Dinah on October 2, 2011, at 14:56:24
In reply to Re: Should I have a child or not? » Dinah, posted by Phillipa on October 2, 2011, at 10:53:31
We can do the best we can with the resources we have. What more can we do? The results aren't entirely in our own hands.
Have you asked your kids if there's anything they need for you to do differently, in order for them to be more a part of your life? If there's nothing, then there's nothing you can do.
The fantasy of kids growing up and caring about us forever isn't necessarily a reality in today's culture. Abandonment and rejection is as realistic a fear on the part of parents about children as it is on the part of children towards parents. As realistic, but not as life threatening, I suppose.
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