to think children should be randomly reallocated at birth?

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I think this would solve a lot of problems.

For instance, I have a tendency to experience anxiety. My DC therefore both inherit my anxiety genes and also learn from my anxious behaviours (even if I try to minimise this) - a double whammy. If they had been reallocated to someone else, and I had been allocated someone else's biological DC (perhaps with a genetic tendency to feel angry, say; something I suffer less often), this might potentially all get ironed out.

OK, so there are some potential problems with the scheme. But AIBU to think it might have its advantages?

I don't think it's funny either tbh.

I wish AIBU would stop being used for these "jokes", they're better placed in "Chat".

You'd eat your words if you'd been allocated either of mine ;)

What a stupid thread.

I think it's a great idea OP, it might help spread some of your lighthearted sense of humour to some of the poker faced miseries on this thread.

What happens with twins? Do you swap with another set of twins or does someone get 2 for the price of 1?

What happens with twins? Do you swap with another set of twins or does someone get 2 for the price of 1?

Obviously separate them-perfect for nature vs nurture experiments (as long as they are identical).

Won't somebody think of the light hearted, joy filled babies being distributed to the PO? :(

Yanbu OP . I want to be reallocated perfect dc, which suit my character, I feel.

I would support this. Great idea.

Love this thread! Even more so that people actually thought the OP was seriously considering this.

(Unless the OP is actually David Cameron. Then I might assume it was serious)

Sign me up.

We're biologically programmed to think our newborns are the most beautiful babies on the planet so we don't reject them. Or indeed eat them, hamster style. So, swapping the babies around would end up with a ward full of new mums wailing, "You gave me the ugggglllyy baby!"

Don't out me, Metalheads

Can I keep the ones I've already got though? Because I've put a lot of effort in to training them up to be my skivvies, I'd hate for that to go to waste.

Great idea. Instead of blaming DH for all my children's shortcomings we could both be off he hook smug in the knowledge the bio parents MUST have had issues

My DS was a nightmare baby. I expect his new parents would have handed him back. I know I wanted to hand him back quite a few times, but the hospital said they had a no-returns policy!

Actually I think this might explain DS on reflection. They gave the sociable charming baby to introvert social inadequate parents.
Well I'm glad that's solved the mystery of where he came from.

I like your thinking op. How long would the exchange policy be valid for? I wouldn't want one that cries all the time or never sleeps.

Ds has asd and although I don't, I do have some strong traits. I think this helps with parenting because I think it helps me to understand how he feels.

I can offer a teen for a nice new baby.

(Joke!)

Yes could we hand them back if we didn't like the ones allocated?
DP would never let me do that as DP has great empathy for anyone outcast or unwanted. So we would probably get the nightmare baby with a load of issues, and be forced to give away our perfect future babies.

Huge problems on the horizon:
First allocated child is little dainty creature
Second random allocation is a great big lump of a thing

They won't look good side by side in photographs, can't pass on baby clothes...
No, it's fine in theory, but it won't work in practice.