My Interview With Bad Parenting

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This interview was very eye opening and helpful for both my personal and professional growth. This interview makes you have a new perspective on people and teaches you not to judge. As a society we a taught to assume and usually taught to assume the worst. Speaking with Julie taught us that we don’t know struggles families are going through and sometimes those struggles are inflicted because of bad parenting. As professionals we need to understand families and not assume the worst in people. I would say before the interview a challenge for me was wondering why Julie decided to have another child after she found out her and her husband carried this trait. After speaking with her I understand why she chose to have a third child. I am planning

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