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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why is it the Dad’s fault? Why cannot he feel bad about a child that is wildly different than him? It doesn’t mean he doesn’t love his child but why cannot he express to his wife that he is disappointed?

OP: were you a stay at home mom? I work full time and am single parenting the majority of the time. My husband works abroad. It has taken a toll on my kid but it grew up with a lot less than my kid and am pretty disappointed at the lack of drive and poor decision making. I blame myself that I didn’t do a better job instilling worth ethic when he was younger. [/quote]
gosh, you sound like OP's DH.

It's one thing to be disappointed in your child's poor choices, but it's another to be disappointed that your child is not *exactly* like you.

That is unreasonable and unfair.   I have two kids: one is into STEM and very much like DH and I; the other - I have no idea who this child gets their personality from.  This kid is like the oddball in a family of "nerds", but we love DC nonetheless, and always point out their strengths to them even though this DC is not a go-getter and has zero interest in what we are interested in.  But like OP's DC, this DC is a sweet kid, has a lot of friends, and has other good qualities.[/quote]

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