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IrishBloodEngHeart (815 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 11:16 PM Original message |
If you had a 6 month old with Downs Syndrome |
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mucifer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 11:18 PM Response to Original message |
1. would it be ok if it was a father or is this just a mother issue? |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 11:20 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. I think it's wrong either way because not only are you forgoing your |
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busymom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 11:23 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. My husband did residency and fellowship when our children were young. |
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Turn CO Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 11:52 PM Response to Reply #8 |
36. That's why I dropped out of pre-med. |
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busymom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-30-08 12:01 AM Response to Reply #36 |
38. His life now is very balanced. He has a lot of time for family... |
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Turn CO Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-30-08 12:08 AM Response to Reply #38 |
41. Oh I know. They have lots of time once you have a practice. |
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IrishBloodEngHeart (815 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 11:21 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. As a man, if I had a special needs child |
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Abacus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 11:25 PM Response to Reply #1 |
14. No. |
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RollWithIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-30-08 12:02 AM Response to Reply #1 |
39. I think it would be wrong for a man to do the same actually.... |
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Liberal Veteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 11:20 PM Response to Original message |
2. You'll catch hell for saying it, but the other side can and is capable of playing the sympathy card. |
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az chela (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 11:20 PM Response to Original message |
3. he is 4 months old and I asked that question earlier |
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Debi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 11:21 PM Response to Original message |
5. Her family isn't allowed to go with her? n/t |
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IrishBloodEngHeart (815 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 11:22 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. extended family and natural support network. |
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Debi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 11:24 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Like her husband and other children? |
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IrishBloodEngHeart (815 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 11:25 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Are Edwards children 6 months old? do they have down syndrome? |
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Debi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 11:39 PM Response to Reply #13 |
24. A child with a disability is a child... |
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Abacus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 11:23 PM Response to Original message |
9. Me neither |
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Kber (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 11:29 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. Parenting issue - exactly |
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philosophie_en_rose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 11:23 PM Response to Original message |
10. Downs syndrome isn't a death sentence. |
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IrishBloodEngHeart (815 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 11:24 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. but it certainly requires extra attention and additional time from |
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Martinucho (74 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 11:26 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. regular children need lots of time with their parents |
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Liberal Veteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 11:30 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Politics isn't "a job" (of shouldn't be)....it's public service. |
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LittleClarkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 11:33 PM Response to Reply #10 |
19. I would agree it she hadn't touted her choice |
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Beausoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 11:28 PM Response to Original message |
16. What do you know about having a special needs child? |
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AuntPatsy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 11:35 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. I DO and you give up your whole word for that child period...esepcially if she was a real fundie |
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Debi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 11:41 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. I know I GAVE my child the world...but I didn't give up MY world for my child |
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AuntPatsy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 11:43 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Spare me you know exactly what I meant |
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Debi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 11:48 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. Obviously not - the world doesn't stop because a person is born with a disability |
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AuntPatsy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 11:49 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. when you decide to bring a child into this world and that child needs more than |
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Debi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 11:54 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. What makes you think that parents of children with disabilities who don't just shut down their lives |
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IrishBloodEngHeart (815 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 11:35 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. one of my close friends has a 5 year old born 4 months premature |
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Beausoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 11:40 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. So, basically, you know NOTHING about having a special needs child. |
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IrishBloodEngHeart (815 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 11:42 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. do you enjoy attacking fellow democrats? |
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OhioBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 11:36 PM Response to Original message |
22. Personally, no. |
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CK_John (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 11:37 PM Response to Original message |
23. The VP job could be done at home, No requirement to live in DC. |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 11:43 PM Response to Original message |
29. Make that hubby stay at home. |
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Quixote1818 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 11:43 PM Response to Original message |
30. As Dr. Laura would say: "She is not her kids mom". nt |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-30-08 12:23 AM Response to Reply #30 |
43. Oh yes - Dr. Laura. What a joke. |
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Chovexani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-30-08 12:25 AM Response to Reply #43 |
45. Unbelievable. |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-30-08 12:44 AM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Some of these threads make me want to puke. |
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Quixote1818 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-30-08 12:58 AM Response to Reply #45 |
48. What is "Unfuckingbelievable" is you missed the point. |
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Quixote1818 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-30-08 12:55 AM Response to Reply #43 |
47. Maybe the hypocrisy went over your head? |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-30-08 01:00 AM Response to Reply #30 |
49. Darn tootin |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 11:44 PM Response to Original message |
31. she probably wont be working 15 hour/7 days a week |
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Aussie leftie (430 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 11:47 PM Response to Original message |
32. Call me old fashioned, sexist or whatever |
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Debi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 11:49 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Why? n/t |
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Aussie leftie (430 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-30-08 12:07 AM Response to Reply #34 |
40. Is your preference to have someone else raise the child? |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-30-08 12:22 AM Response to Original message |
42. I don't know what I would do. |
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skooooo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-30-08 12:23 AM Response to Original message |
44. oh hell no! |
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AZBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-30-08 01:48 AM Response to Original message |
50. Of course not. No mother or father would do that if they cared at all. |
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