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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 05:38 PM Original message |
Poll question: Have you ever forgetten that you had a child in your care? |
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Maestro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
1. Nope |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
2. Never. My baby is always on my mind...there's no way I could forget where she is!!! |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 06:27 PM Response to Reply #2 |
13. Have you ever had that horrible dream where you lost your child? |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 06:36 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. When pregnant, I had dreams that I had forgotten my son. |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 06:41 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. That's probably true.. |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 10:23 AM Response to Reply #13 |
40. I have those now ... often they involve trying to find my kids in murky water |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 10:26 AM Response to Reply #13 |
43. I thought we all did during pregnancy. |
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w8liftinglady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
3. there have been times,when I had three rambunctious boys,that I wanted to forget |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
4. Forgetting your kid is, to me, incomprehensible. |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
5. A one-in-a-million mistake can happen 300 times a day in America. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 05:55 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. The things is... I can't imagine how this is done by "mistake". |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 06:33 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. I think I can imagine how it might happen. |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 06:42 PM Original message |
I agree. Parents make mistakes. It sounds callous and uncaring, but it's the truth. |
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Beausoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
21. Thank you for your reasoned and compassionate voice. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 09:27 AM Response to Reply #21 |
25. EVERYONE makes mistakes. |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 09:47 AM Response to Reply #25 |
31. Sometimes the mistakes are huge, but nothing happens. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 09:55 AM Response to Reply #31 |
33. They do come from careless parents. |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 10:06 AM Response to Reply #33 |
35. I'm not arguing that it isn't careless. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 10:12 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. I see what you're saying. |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 10:24 AM Response to Reply #36 |
41. I understand. It's such a shocking, horrifying outcome. |
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FourScore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 11:27 AM Response to Reply #21 |
51. I agree with you there. |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 09:42 AM Response to Original message |
29. I think there are different orders of magnitude of "mistake". |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 09:58 AM Response to Reply #29 |
34. Of course there are. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
6. I don't forget the cats or the dogs when they are in my care |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 05:56 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Sure, drugs or alcohol... that would explain it. Or mental illness. |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
7. Never. |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
10. I've never forgotten my niece and nephews |
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Arkansas Granny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
11. I have never forgotten that I had a child in my care. I have, |
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chelsea0011 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
12. Lost rack of them for a short period? Yup. Forgot that this was a school pickup |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
15. Congress forgot it had a child in its care in the Oval Office. n/t |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 06:42 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. I vote we send him back to Bar and Poppy...n/t |
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mentalsolstice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
19. I've tried really hard to forget at times... |
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Beausoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
20. Walk a mile in that woman's shoes. I get your point, but sheesh. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 09:24 AM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Yes, I do. |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 09:45 AM Response to Reply #24 |
30. Me too. I found having kids meant constant awareness - not conscious all the time. |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 06:57 PM Response to Original message |
22. I forgot everything else but my kids. I forgot how the read, I forgot how to |
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DemReadingDU (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 08:06 PM Response to Original message |
23. There was a case a few years ago |
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SaveOurDemocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 10:33 AM Response to Reply #23 |
45. I remember that story ... |
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gollygee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 09:36 AM Response to Original message |
26. My dad has a story |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 10:14 AM Response to Reply #26 |
37. Thank you for sharing your story. |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
27. When my kids were little, it was the opposite - when they weren't with me I kept thinking they |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 09:42 AM Response to Original message |
28. I do it all the time. Why are you such a child hater? It's YOUR fault something goes wrong... |
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GumboYaYa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 09:53 AM Response to Original message |
32. No, but when they are not in the car, I find myself constantly looking for them. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 10:16 AM Response to Original message |
38. I've forgotten them at day care |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 10:24 AM Response to Reply #38 |
42. Yeah... |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
39. Man I'm glad I saw this thread...its like 90 degrees out today. nt |
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vanlassie (826 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
44. Does Forgetting That She is At My Breast Count? |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 10:52 AM Response to Reply #44 |
48. I forgot I was breastfeeding in public, once. |
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vanlassie (826 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 10:56 AM Response to Reply #48 |
49. Yep- It happens.... |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
46. I've never done this, but I have been completely distracted before... |
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MadinMo (519 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
47. I have never forgotten my kids were with me, |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 11:38 AM Response to Reply #47 |
52. Well hello MadinMo! |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
50. I submit that some of these "mistakes" aren't |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
53. How busy could you be to not think of your kid or kids for HOURS & HOURS?! |
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