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My wife and I had children when we were children ourselves.

My first failure was to be born a child not wanted by his father or mother, as they parted shortly after I was born.

I was an unhappy child, and that puts me off having a child of my own.

I talked about adopting a baby when I was 20 years old, before it became 'hip.'

Two premature babies was not a genetic thing; we were just unlucky.

Just previous to the birth of my little son, my mind gave way and my child was born in the asylum for the insane at Stockton, Cal. My boy was buried there.

There are certain realities we must speak of with our children that were not present when I was a child.

As children we recognized that we belonged to an unusual, even exceptional, family, but the effect was different on each of us.

I was a single mother when my child was little.

I was born in very sorry circumstances. Both of my parents were very sorry.