If you had one wish and could use it to protect your children from something...what would it be?

[Tap]

I was watching a show with a genie last night and it got my mind thinking about wishes.

 

 

If you had just one wish and could use it to protect your children from one thing....what would that be?  (you can have one for each child if you want)

 

Would you protect them from bullies?  Protect them from heartbreak? Protect them from physical harm?  Protect their intelligence? Protect them from hatred? Protect them from bigotry? Protect their health? ??????

[Ottakee]

Not really protect them but if I could do one thing, for one dd it would be to eliminate her speech issues, esp. the stuttering which can be severe.  It is so limiting for her.  We can do the medical stuff, mental health stuff, cognitive impairment stuff, etc. but I so wish we could eliminate the stuttering.

 

For my other dd, I wish we could find her 1 or 2 good friends.  She honestly never gets invited anywhere with friends, doesn't have anyone to invite over for a get together, outing, party, etc.

 

For my son, transportation would be great.  he has fetal alcohol and will never drive but is sure would be nice if he could drive himself to a friends, to work, to the store, etc.

[Trilliums]

Mental illness

 

Both sides of the family have members with severe mental illnesses.  My kids seem very healthy in that regard, but I know it can onset later in life.

[Trilliums]

dp

[J-rap]

I would just want them to be tough-skinned and determined.  To not lose hope and the ability to laugh.  I've learned that no matter what you think are the most important issues to protect them from, something else completely unexpected and out-of-the-blue can sneak in and do the job just fine. 

[SeaConquest]

Mental illness

 

Both sides of the family have members with severe mental illnesses. My kids seem very healthy in that regard, but I know it can onset later in life.

This. It's my worst fear. Puberty and late adolescence is a critical time.

[Ripley]

I'd want to protect them from their own barriers towards self-productivity.

 

Depending on the kid, that could be protection from a propensity towards laziness ...

or protection from a very debilitating tendency towards perfectionism.

 

I have kids with both, and each extreme is very annoying in its own way!

[Luckymama]

I'd want to protect them from loneliness.

[JenneinCA]

Anxiety.

 

If I could change one thing about my kids, I would eliminate the anxiety.

[Tanaqui]

I would want them to (depending on the child) either recover from migraines and asthma completely, or NEVER DEVELOP either one of those.

 

Of course, if I could spread the wish a little, I'd wish for world peace, as I suspect that that would give the girls the greatest possible long-term outcome.

[Rosie_0801]

Powerlessness.

[Guest]

Powerlessness.

 

 

:iagree:

[Joanne]

Addiction, but it's too late for one.

[DawnM]

:grouphug:

 

Addiction, but it's too late for one.

 

[abba12]

Sexual abuse, the idea that they could go through what I did keeps me up at night.

[Joker]

Right now I would do just about anything for oldest dd to not have anxiety and depression, so I guess mental illness. I just finished up one of my bouts of ugly bathroom crying.

 

 

[UncleEJ]

Crohn's disease. I have it and it has a genetic link. I would hate for any of them to go through it.

[elegantlion]

Addiction, it runs on both sides of the family. 

[LucyStoner]

Their whole health. Which to me includes physical and mental and addictions (since my my family addiction is almost always tied to self medicating mental health issues). See, I'm a cheater like that. 3 for 1. :)

[Farrar]

Because it just seems so clear, I'll also say addiction. Dh is a recovering alcoholic. More than fifteen years sober. But gosh, not everyone is as lucky as him. At least we're already doing a WAY better job than mil did in talking about family histories of addiction with the kids. Which is to say, we are saying something, not nothing at all.

[KungFuPanda]

Muscular Dystrophy. I'd wish for a cure. Heck, I'd settle for a treatment.

[Slartibartfast]

His heart. His physical heart, not his feelings getting hurt. Ds has a heart defect.

 

For dd I would hope her trust would never be violated. Dd trusts quickly and fully. I admire that about her but it also scares me. I don't want to see her heart be broken.

[Liz CA]

Hopelessness.

[Seasider]

Liz, that's a good one!

 

I suppose mine is more like a superpower. I wish for them the ability to make well reasoned and wise, yet somewhat swift, decisions.

 

I suppose that's protecting them from passiveness/apathy.

[Spryte]

Their whole health. Which to me includes physical and mental and addictions (since my my family addiction is almost always tied to self medicating mental health issues). See, I'm a cheater like that. 3 for 1. :)

I'm going to cheat with you.

[hornblower]

Health.
You need some measure of health to be here for another day & tackle the other dragons.
Everything else is potentially doable if you have health (& I don't think it's cheating to include all aspects of health....)

[Jennifer3141]

Rape.

[Cera]

Health.

You need some measure of health to be here for another day & tackle the other dragons.

Everything else is potentially doable if you have health (& I don't think it's cheating to include all aspects of health....)

 

This.  If I could protect their physical health I would at least have a good shot at helping them work through anything else that came up.  You can't do much if they are no longer alive.

[Lizzie in Ma]

Right now I would do just about anything for oldest dd to not have anxiety and depression, so I guess mental illness. I just finished up one of my bouts of ugly bathroom crying.

 

:grouphug: :grouphug:

[Lizzie in Ma]

Though it is too late now, I would want them to be healthy, mentally and physically.

[FriedClams]

Addiction.

[dirty ethel rackham]

Mental illness.  It is a <something that rhymes with witch>.  If I had 3 wishes, it would be physical health, mental health, and supportive relationships. 

[fraidycat]

I have to go with whole health - physical, mental, emotional.

 

If they have that, they have resiliency and can overcome heartache, disappointment, and personal flaws.

[Heather in Neverland]

I'd protect them from the evil in the world.