midori1999
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The fact is, some women who lose babies or children do take other people's children. They may be in the small minority, but it does happen.
My son has Downs. When they did the Downs storyline and Honey was so upset she didn't want Janet, couldn't come to terms with it, that was completely unrealistic as far as I was concerned. I know loads of people with children with Downs, and none of them felt like that. I most certainly didn't feel like that. But, the fact is, a small minority of women who's babies are born with Downs, do feel like that and obviously they have to use what scenario they think makes the best storyline.
It's just a TV programme. If you find it upsetting, don't watch it, you don't have to. It's not going to change anything in real life, except maybe make some people more aware of cot death and the potential causes of it. That can only be a good thing.
It doesn't matter what their motives are for the storyline, whether they are trying to get viewers or whether they are trying to raise awareness. Whatever their intentions, it will raise awareness and that is good.
My son has Downs. When they did the Downs storyline and Honey was so upset she didn't want Janet, couldn't come to terms with it, that was completely unrealistic as far as I was concerned. I know loads of people with children with Downs, and none of them felt like that. I most certainly didn't feel like that. But, the fact is, a small minority of women who's babies are born with Downs, do feel like that and obviously they have to use what scenario they think makes the best storyline.
It's just a TV programme. If you find it upsetting, don't watch it, you don't have to. It's not going to change anything in real life, except maybe make some people more aware of cot death and the potential causes of it. That can only be a good thing.
It doesn't matter what their motives are for the storyline, whether they are trying to get viewers or whether they are trying to raise awareness. Whatever their intentions, it will raise awareness and that is good.