Friday, August 18, 2006




How can a family have four children, three are wonderful and one is a demon child? Are babies just born bad?

Maybe they’re born sensitive but I have a hard time believing babies are born bad. I think it’s more likely that the demon child became the family goat. It’s easier to blame one member of the family than to deal with everything that’s going on. And it’s a lot easier to appear ‘The Perfect Child’ to yourself and others when you have someone to compare yourself to that’s not as close to wonderful.

And the effect? The goat views himself as the cause of all problems and doomed to screw up no matter what. It’s not much better for the good child. What happens if they make a mistake? Is failure ever acceptable for the perfect child?

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