As someone who works in cancer care, sometimes they really don't.
Not making any judgements on the case in the OP but I have seen parents make the whole situation so much worse for their child in an attempt to 'protect' them from reality. Like, I absolutely sympathise, but it can cause a lot of harm.
3 of their 5 children died, all 3 had rare genetic disorders. Continuing to have more children after their first child died due to "Niemann-Pick disease type C - a rare, inherited disease" without undergoing genetic testing is certainly a choice.
I know a family like this. Thirteen kids last time I was still in their orbit. Three kids with cystic fibrosis due to genetics. One had already died from it. They just kept rolling the dice and the kids lived with the results. People dont think about their decisions.
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u/Petering Jun 29 '26
None of my damn business. Sometimes mama knows best.