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<blockquote data-quote="MissLulu" data-source="post: 760056" data-attributes="member: 24721"><p>Oh, Busy, I can totally relate. It seems the whole world is hell bent on congratulating parents on any success their kids have and condemning parents for their kids' failures. The assumption seems to be that if you do everything "right" the kids will be successful and if your kids struggle in some way it's your fault. </p><p>All of us here know it's more complicated than that. </p><p>So many of us have gone above and beyond for our kids to little or no avail, and I'm sure we all know kids who have turned our fine despite having a difficult childhood. And then there are those of us in here who have some kids who turned out well and others who struggle - even though we parented these kids the same way!</p><p>Every time I hear someone take credit for how well their kids turned out, or even when people compliment me on my younger two (who are high achievers), I feel judged for how my eldest has turned out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MissLulu, post: 760056, member: 24721"] Oh, Busy, I can totally relate. It seems the whole world is hell bent on congratulating parents on any success their kids have and condemning parents for their kids' failures. The assumption seems to be that if you do everything "right" the kids will be successful and if your kids struggle in some way it's your fault. All of us here know it's more complicated than that. So many of us have gone above and beyond for our kids to little or no avail, and I'm sure we all know kids who have turned our fine despite having a difficult childhood. And then there are those of us in here who have some kids who turned out well and others who struggle - even though we parented these kids the same way! Every time I hear someone take credit for how well their kids turned out, or even when people compliment me on my younger two (who are high achievers), I feel judged for how my eldest has turned out. [/QUOTE]
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