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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Grainne who wrote (32326)	3/10/1999 7:33:00 PM
From: Dayuhan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

And I don't know what to say about serious problems beforehand--this is a very well loved child from a stable, affluent two-parent family. Self-images are very strange things. I was a very well loved child from a stable and reasonably affluent two-parent family, and I was a raving nutter by the time I was out of high school. Coming from a "perfect" background that anyone would envy has its dark side: the kids invariably feel that they ought to be perfect too, and in their own eyes they seldom measure up. Ideal circumstances do not necessarily mean that there will not be serious problems, and may in fact make it hard to recognize that the problems exist. Makes it a tough call for parents: how do we keep trying to do the absolute best for our kids without convincing them that they have to be better than anyone (except possibly Penni's kids) could be to be worthy of us and to justify our efforts? No answers here. Steve PS. Penni, if you're reading, no sarcasm at all meant there, judging from your stories you do seem to have found something of a magic middle ground.