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I am the single mother of four beautiful daughters. I am bi-polar and my children have grown into strong, independent, resourceful and productive women. Everyone has flaws and having a mental illness doesn't mean you would be abusive to your family.

My children have benefited from my experiences in life, just as any child benefits from their parents experiences. They are strong, resilient and open minded, and have been able to handle adversity when it comes to them.

I have been on medication for most of my adult life, and sometimes it has worked, and at others, it has not, we have talked about my illness and I have explained how I feel sometimes. They understand and are very supportive. Since mental illness runs in families, some of my daughters have similar symptoms and we have helped each other through some rough times.

Mental illness has a long history of being unacceptable, but most of us have evolved past the dark ages where people were locked in the attic because of their "abnormal behavior".

Children should be brought up to have compassion, understanding, love and respect for other people. They should be brought up to better the world in some way. No one would say my daughters are not this way.

Please stop and think about saying strong words against someone else, we are all individuals, different and unique, and this is what makes our world the way it is.

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