Posted by Dinah on February 16, 2005, at 10:11:01
In reply to Bad Genes, posted by Toph on February 15, 2005, at 16:49:25
I am with Laura on this one. I have definitely passed on my emotional sensitivity to my son, and he's going to have some hard times ahead of him because of it. But I wouldn't trade him for a kid without that emotional sensitivity for the world.
Whenever he refuses to say he likes Cheerios better than Raisin Bran, even in the face of overwhelming evidence in the form of forlorn boxes of Raisin Bran scattered through the cupboard, because he doesn't want to hurt Raisin Bran's feelings, I smile and think how much I love him.
I worry more about passing on the diabetes or alchoholism that riddles my side of the family. But I don't blame my parents for those things.
Ok, I blame my father for the moles and those blasted skin tags. :)
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