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- From: elise@ticipa.pac.sc.ti.com (Elise Wade)
- Subject: Re: How to help the "oops" of a family...
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.180020.6593@ticipa.pac.sc.ti.com>
- Organization: Texas Instruments
- References: <1dnigmINNasd@matt.ksu.ksu.edu> <1992Nov11.210623.2513008@locus.com> <26330@optima.cs.arizona.edu>
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 18:00:20 GMT
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- In article <26330@optima.cs.arizona.edu> bweiss@cs.arizona.edu (Beth Weiss) writes:
- >>> bets@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (Beth Schwindt) writes:
- >>>I babysit (and have babysat at different times over the years) with a
- >>>family with 3 children: Billy, Joanna and Emily. The age difference
- >>>is 4 years between Billy and Joanna and 10 months between Jo and Emmy.
- >>>Emmy was an admitted "oops" due to the fact her parents forgot that it
- >>>*is* possible to get pregnant while you are nursing....Anyway...
- >>>
- >>>Billy and Jo pick on Em all the time about not being planned.
- >
- >I think it's time for the parents to put their foot (feet?) down.
- >They need to tell all three children that they are loved and they're
- >glad they're part of the family--and that _any_ discussion of
- >unwanted/unplanned children will not be tolerated. (consequences of
- >violating this might be isolation from the family, since the violator
- >is trying to isolate another)
- >
- >One more thing: this type of thing is exactly the reason why parents
- >who are having an unplanned child shouldn't tell _anyone_ that the
- >pregnancy wasn't planned. A child should _never_ have to hear "your
- >parents didn't want you"--especially from supposedly "more wanted"
- >siblings.
- >
- >--
- >--Beth Weiss
- >bweiss@cs.arizona.edu
-
- Woa -- there's a huge difference between being unplanned and
- unwanted! I was an unplanned child. It was pretty obvious as
- my arrival caused all sorts of problems timing-wise for my
- Mom. I have never felt unwanted because I wasn't.
-
- Elise.
-