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Gidget · 07-15-2008, 11:57 PM

I'm with ERCoug. It is hard to hear someone's judgment when they are not yet a parent. I used to think parenting mistakes could only be made by bad parents, but I know I am not a bad parent and I have had one or two, nothing fatal but they really made me think twice about judging others. I do think her forgetfulness is horrible and tragic, but not abuse in any way. And I do think jail time would have been cruel. Sometimes things just happen. Now, I don't think those "things" should happen all the time, but they do sometimes, and she will never go a day without feeling the pain-staking guilt everyone wants her to feel.

07-15-2008, 11:57 PM	#17
Gidget Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: With Surfah Posts: 329	I'm with ERCoug. It is hard to hear someone's judgment when they are not yet a parent. I used to think parenting mistakes could only be made by bad parents, but I know I am not a bad parent and I have had one or two, nothing fatal but they really made me think twice about judging others. I do think her forgetfulness is horrible and tragic, but not abuse in any way. And I do think jail time would have been cruel. Sometimes things just happen. Now, I don't think those "things" should happen all the time, but they do sometimes, and she will never go a day without feeling the pain-staking guilt everyone wants her to feel. __________________ I am a philosophical Goldilocks, always looking for something neither too big nor too small, neither too hot nor too cold, something jussssst right. I'll send you a card from purgatory. - PaloAltoCougar Last edited by Gidget; 07-16-2008 at 12:02 AM.