Absolutely there are parents who are there because their hand was forced. I reckon these people especially need support networks all around them to help them adjust to, accept and accommodate their new reality. I agree, Trillian.
The babies need their parents to get this support for their best interests, as they didn't ask to be brought into a sicho where the parents couldn't come through for them on preparedness levels, KWIM? In this way, I feel a happy medium could be found, instead of going too far over into the 'parent interest' side of things at the expense of the baby and the needs that are optimally met by mummy. There are parents out there who have even wanted to be parents and they weren't realistic or someone wasn't realistic with them leading up to it, so they, too, become unexpected parents.
I like this point about unexpected parenthood, thanks, Trillian
Last edited by Smoke Jaguar; January 28th, 2009 at 09:29 AM.
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