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Originally Posted by KristiB
***warning may be spoiler-y****
I didn't buy the specifics of Peter's family dynamics -- there is no way that a college professor and a highly intelligent "New Agey" midwife were going to leave the kid in public school and/or not seek psychological help. I know she was trying to create a point regarding the "blamelessness" of the parents but the dynamic wasn't believable with respect to these parents -- at least to me. Most parents on this level would be reading extensively on child development, consulting experts and not relying on the advice of a kindergarten teacher to toughen him up. I am not saying that intelligent well meaning educated parents can't fail miserably -- but not in this way.
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I can totally see what you're saying, I excepted that the parent's were more enamoured with and willing to be emotionally involved in Joey's life and than with Peter's (a bit of denial in seeing what was really going on - ie: the blame you mentioned). People tend not to want to see their own weaknesses and certainly they don't want to see that mirror at them from their children. I think Peter made them terribly uncomfortable and because of that it was believable for me.
Do you have kids?