Posted by Toph on February 16, 2005, at 9:38:34
In reply to Re: Bad Genes, posted by Laura Collins on February 16, 2005, at 9:17:10
Hi Laura, nice to meet you. Its good to hear a positive spin on this to alleviate the fears. I lived vicariously through my son's baseball career (in high school its a career these days) and I couldn't have been more proud of my daughter going "down state" as a Pon P*m (how is P0m a swear word, Bob?) member. Its natural for someone to over-identify with their kids. One must be careful not to project one's fears of illness on to them, like Pigmalian in the classroom and all. As far a Darwin goes, I go ape thinking about my ex-wife's (I like to call her the sperm receiver) genes in my kids. Lets hope she has a really nice generation of genes somewhere.
Toph
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