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[quote=Anonymous]My first is super smart, high achieving... the kind of kid where everyone looks at mom and thinks *I* am the greatest parent of all time. It inflated my ego and arrogance like nothing else. My first is still a superstar.

My second is SN. I initially couldn't understand why my second couldn't "keep up." Affected our relationship/interaction together, but through the challenges, I have learned that my second still needs love, compassion, kindness for healthy development, never mind the support/interventions at school and private (expensive) therapies. Through my second, I have become less critical, less judgmental, and more compassionate and more understanding as a person. I am more humble now. So I'm better in "character" than I ever have been.

My third is a replica of my first. Now I credit God for being easy on me with my youngest, allowing me to finish child rearing as an enjoyable experience. But all three of them truly are gifts to me in their own ways, and I wouldn't be the same person I am without them.

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