An apology
Well, I've learned a thing or two in the 22 months since I posted.
I have heard that Jo Frost's programs were faked.
I don't know if that is true, or not, but it did get me to thinking how the media can make things seem to be something they aren't.
I guess they can do some marvelous things to film, with a good sharp pair of scissors.
Also, I have reflected on my own story many times in the last 22 months. I've seen more of what was really going on.
And I've seen many times when *I* should have been elsewhere...and taken my baby with me.
I couldn't. Lots of 'reasons' why not, but the main one was that I just didn't realize what was really going on.
Today, the only answer I can see is to get the message to children, and uninformed adults, on how family life 'should'/'could' be.
In other words, society needs examples...needs to accept standards, and in so doing, inform those who do not yet know.
The part I played in disfunction was that I 'bought' the lines that were being offered...since babyhood. That was my mistake. No one told me I was 'allowed' to say, "No."
Saying, "No," is a heady experience when you have not said it before.
Plus, there is another way to say, "No." That is to say only, do only, what is better, once you figure out what IS better.
To understand that, a person needs examples.
I still believe in 'being elsewhere', but not everyone sees that, yet.
So, I apologize for coming here and making statements inappropriate for some posters in this thread.
I hope with all my heart that your difficulties have been solved.
Fledgling