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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I had a special mentor growing up who was really kind to me when I was dealing with family issues. She was always very kind and supportive.

She would speak occasionally about her childhood, but she never complained. It was a little odd - she mentioned grandparents a lot and moving around a lot and her dad coming to visit her once in a while. I was a young girl so i didnt ask too many questions.

Eventually she adopted two toddlers. She was so excited.

I watched in shock and horror over the next 15 years as she behaved like a horror show mom! First, she began very early doing that thing you read about where a parent makes one child the angel and one child the devil/scapegoat. She would constsntly berate and chide one and defend the other, like a sick puppet master enacting a play. Over the years the roles switched a couple of times, with the old angel becoming the devil and vice versa.

I later learned that her mother had abandoned her as a bahy but would reenter her life now and then. Her wealtht grandparents sent her to boarding school very young and her life was unstable.

I always felt that taking on the role of mother triggered her very badly, and if was frustrating and horrifying to watch.

I’m not saying this will happen to you OP. I am just sharing a story that kind of corraborates the social worker’s point. Somethig to think about.[/quote]

This sounds like a V.C Andrews novel. [/quote]

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