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Reply to ""The Giving Tree" book -- what am I supposed to make of this?"
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[quote=Anonymous]I have a bit of a different angle on the giving tree, as someone who had a mentally ill dad. He loved me, but not in a way that meant anything to a kid, and I only intellectually understand it as an adult. My childhood experience was that I didn't get what I needed from him, and that was the case until he died. a parent can love a kid, but if it's in a way the kid can't comprehend, it might as well not exist from the kid's POV. In the Giving Tree, the tree is always able to give the child/man what he needs, when he needs it. The kid's needs and the tree's abilities to meet them are matched. It is the most effective kind of love, of the kind parents like my dad aren't able to give. also I think I read on here that I Will Love You Forever is written by people whose kid had died? puts another spin on it in that case, for me. [/quote]
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