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Okay. So I found this hypothetical question online that interested me enough to want to know what others would answer. The question is: You discover that your wonderful one-year-old child is, because of a mix-up at the hospital, not yours. Would you...
Definitely C. Those who say that who the child spends its first year is not important are wrong; the child's upbringing will suffer, possibly in the long term as well as short term. Why is the biology of it so important anyway? The kid who you raised is more yours that the kid you created, I would argue.
So suddenly the child that you spent a year of your life raising becomes meaningless to you just because they arent biologically yours? Selfish, people. Selfish. :P Haha just fucking, do what yah want, but I would probably tryyy to keep the kid that I had put that time and love into raising.
Other:
Keep both of them. I want MY child back.
And i want to keep the one i have an emotional bonding with.
So either the other parents become VERY good friends of mine while we sue the hospital, or i'll have to frame them for something that will get them out of the picture for a long time.
Damn straight!
That's what I said. I'm a greedy one, and I would want both. It'd be no problem if the other set of parents were in the picture, but I'd want to be in both kids' lives. And as you said, if the parents had a problem with it, then either I'm getting a shovel and some rope, or I'll plant a couple of kilos of heroine in their home and keep both kids forever. :)
Other. I think the right answer is A or B.
It would depend on how much time has passed (if the children have bonded with their adoptive parents). It should be quickly determined what outcome would be in the best interest of the children AND an agreement on future implications if A is determined to be the better choice.
Once you love something its hard to let go. How can you forget in seconds all the promises you made to protect and cherish him/her right after you get a phone call one day and they say the child you have right now is not yours. That doesnt take all the love away. How can you forget the time he/she looked in your eyes or holded your hand with his/her tinny hand. Its not that simple blood relations arent that everything. Do you have kids?
No, I don't have any kids and I don't want any.
Because of this I don't have any experience of this love for a child, thus I based my opinion on the future of the child: Since psychological shock is often bad and this exchange might avoid it, then do the exchange.
I cannot base my opinion on experiences and feelings I have never had. However, I totally understand why people disagree with me.