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Originally Posted by Berries
That was a great vent. GOOD FOR YOU!!!!
I really believe this: What a child needs more than anything is your unconditional love and approval. Give your daughter plenty of that, take very, very good care of yourself and everything else will work out.
And if she does get bipolar--you will already know all the ropes and will be able to support her much better than a mother who is clueless about it.
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Well said, Berries - took the words right out of my mouth (or rather off my keyboard). Berries is making sense here, Amazonmom. Just be the best Mom you can possibly be, and love your daughter and yourself as much as you possibly can all things considered, and stop measuring yourself against some ficticious "Good Mom/Bad Mom Standard" established by who knows who(?).
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I walked a mile with Sorrow and ne'er a word said she;
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