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Re:A shift in American family values is fueling estrangement by mensetmanusman on Wednesday July 14, 2021 @04:43PM (#27838174)
You might be confusing the question. A child does not have to apologize to a parent that left before they were born.
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Re:A shift in American family values is fueling estrangement by bostik on Thursday July 15, 2021 @07:45AM (#27843643)
Sadly, I wasn't confusing it. The world is cruel, and a non-zero fraction of absentee parents became so because of the child in question.

Meaning: for a number of children with an absentee parent, they were the reason for one of their parents to abandon the other.

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Re:A shift in American family values is fueling estrangement by mensetmanusman on Thursday July 15, 2021 @07:55AM (#27843705)
Isn’t this ignoring consent? The child had no choice in whether to be conceived; at least one of the parents did :)
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