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<blockquote data-quote="Copabanana" data-source="post: 757271" data-attributes="member: 18958"><p>I know this is the case for me. When my son contacts me and he's flailing or acting in a way that I feel is misguided, and suggests to me (strongly) that he lacks the where with all and/or desire to live in a way that I feel is useful and right, I fall into the abyss. Temporarily I lose the sense that I am living well, that my life has been successful and worthwhile. It's a boundary issue, for sure. But the thing is this: isn't parenthood a boundary issue from the get go? When we take on conceiving or raising a child don't we claim that child as part of us? </p><p></p><p>I never, ever thought ahead that it could come to this. I don't know what I thought would happen. But I didn't think it would be this.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Copabanana, post: 757271, member: 18958"] I know this is the case for me. When my son contacts me and he's flailing or acting in a way that I feel is misguided, and suggests to me (strongly) that he lacks the where with all and/or desire to live in a way that I feel is useful and right, I fall into the abyss. Temporarily I lose the sense that I am living well, that my life has been successful and worthwhile. It's a boundary issue, for sure. But the thing is this: isn't parenthood a boundary issue from the get go? When we take on conceiving or raising a child don't we claim that child as part of us? I never, ever thought ahead that it could come to this. I don't know what I thought would happen. But I didn't think it would be this. [/QUOTE]
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