What happens when our own flesh and blood behaves so differently from us?
The school called to tell me that my daughter had been suspended. I who never misbehaved in my entire life have a daughter who could behave so badly that she could be suspended from school! I was dismayed shocked and ashamed beyond belief.
How is it possible that our children can be so different from us? Don’t we share the same genes? parents wonder. How can my son be caught shoplifting when I am so honest that I return to stores to give them a penny that I owe them? How can my child be so lazy when I’m such a hard worker? How can my child be a bully when I’m such a sensitive kind person?
Don’t Identify
When the differences are good ones parents like to take credit for the latent genes that may be at play: I guess he gets his generosity from my father who was also very giving. However when the differences are not so positive parents don’t want to identify with the child. No one in our family ever acted like that. This is a total aberration a one-of-a-kind. Honestly I can’t believe this child is related to us!
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