DH and I are writing wills, following birth of DC. We are both effectively estranged from our siblings (and if we weren't, they would still be the last people on earth we'd want to care for our child). DH has no cousins - I have some, but they are either a lot younger than me or grossly irresponsible. While grandparents seem the best option as potential guardians, I'd hate for DS to lose parents and then find himself either losing his grandparents or having to care for them when he's in late teens. Which leaves friends as the only option. I'm torn between some friends we see regularly and DC knows well, but whose parenting style I have some significant disagreements with, vs. some friends who are much more our style but live overseas so DC doesn't know them well.
I've been thinking about it a lot and just wondered if anyone else had faced a similar issue, or had taken on care of an orphan and what they thought about it. It's obviously a HUGE thing to ask of a friend, so they might all say no anyway! It's so impossible to get your head round the idea of someone else raising your kids at all, but I want to know everything is place should the worst happen...
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nobodysawmedoit · 08/05/2014 14:35
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