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Of course I wouldn't turn my own kids in...but because it would be so out of character for them, I know would there to be some other explanation...a fiction.
But, that said, I'm convinced that some parents fall under the same delusory traps that battered spouses do...you don't want to believe the worst even though the signs are all around you.
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Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats. - Diane Arbus
PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce
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