A friend of mine had an “oops”[i] baby—the kind that shows up eight to ten years after the youngest one. His oldest daughter was just graduating from high school, and she took the pregnancy personally:
“You’re just trying to replace me!”
Sweetheart, they really weren’t. Trust me.
As his oops baby grew into toddlerhood, I asked him how differently he parent…
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