I have just one daughter, that is 1.5 (20 months, actually)years old. I have pictures of her in the photoalbum here at psych central, but she also got a homepage with pictures (http://www.acidcats.nl/) but we hardly have time to update it. It's my boyfriends page originally , and he works full time job.

She is a lovely girl, but I sense that she has inherited my emotionality, so I know this is going to be tough, both for her and for me. But she's got a strong will, and I know better than my mother how to handle that since I have that too (my mother tried to break it). I know though, that I can't protect her from all the dangers in this world without restricting her too much, but it's a painful knowledge. I hope I can manage to prepare her as much as possible though, but then you never know what can happen. It is simply imposible. I am sure you have protected your children as good as you possibly could, but when you give them the world you also have to let them out in it, and then they are exposed to dangers you cannot prevent. I know this is no real comfort though, no one who loves their child would want anything negative happen to them at all. And having felt the dangers of the world on your own body, you are probably even more worried than mothers who hasn't, it is a part of you, the bad effects. Who wouldn't want to protect their children from any harm, and espescially if you have experienced it yourself? The important thing is that you are trying to be there as much as you can for your daughter when the bad things has happened, and try to have an open dialogue with your daughter.

I wish though, that everyone could have someone as your Jane by their side, living isn't an easy thing, some help and comfort would be appreciated with everyone I think. Keep talking to her, you know in your heart what her answers will be. Maybe some day you will learn to think more in her way, and feel more secure by that.

Charlie