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Originally Posted by redwitch
My daughter had the cards stacked against her. Her bio mother was an alcoholic since age 12 and no clue how to parent. My child was abused and severely neglected. She went through three foster homes from 3-1/2 to 4-1/2 (four if you count me). Stats say she would probably be promiscuous, living in the streets and on drugs by age 16. Instead, she is now 28, has been working at Olive Garden for four years, is a great mother to my very wonderful, happy grandson and is talking about going back to school to get a degree in either social work or radiation therapy. She is kind, considerate and caring. A far cry from her start.
Yes, I take some of the credit, as any parent does, but most of her accomplishments came about because of her own hard work. I was so lucky to get this little girl into my life and be a part of her journey into adulthood.
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Wow....awesome!!
I too am one of the fortunate ones.
My three have all found success in something they love and while I would like to think that I had something to do with it, I also believe we parents often get too much credit...and too much blame.
I've seen too many families where the children were raised in the exact same environment...but they turned out drastically different.
