Inspired by rolla’s thread:
If your biological child was switched at birth and you found out that someone else was raising your biological child and you were raising theirs, what would you do?
Discuss and explain why.
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Don't lie, you got that from Desperate Housewives.
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^ Really, they had a switched at birth story arc on Desperate Housewives? I watched the first season and then got bored with the show.
Now answer the question 
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Yeah they had it this season (7th). I don't know what I would do. I guess first I'd have to sue the hospital for a large amount of money for gross negligence. Then I'd do what they did in Desperate Housewives, the two families meet regularly to allow the girls to play with each other (and for both parents to be a part of their real daughter's life too). Obviously giving back the child you raised as your own would be impossible in real life so you need to find that middle ground that works for both sets of parents.
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i will ask te child what he/she wants.
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I remember talking to my mom about this years ago. She was adamant that she'd demand to keep both kids - both her biological kid and the kid who was accidentally given to her.
As a mother, she didn't want to be parted from or lose either child, since she considered both to be her own.
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Don't lie, you got that from Desperate Housewives.
hey omg. gabby and carlos' kid hai na?
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RC and Sehrysh,such horrified threads you both have started.
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hey omg. gabby and carlos' kid hai na?
Yes :D
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As a mother, she didn't want to be parted from or lose either child, since she considered both to be her own.
That's understandable, but the other mother would have the exact same view.
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Sell them both :D
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I know - that’s why it’s easier to say what you would do rather than actually execute on it.
Your kids would sell you first - they might not get much for you - given depreciation and used/non-working goods - but a few pennies are better than nothing 
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Pfft that would of course assume they have the intelligence to think of such a cool scheme!!!
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now when do you find out that they have been switched??
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Kill them both :)
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It depends at what stage i get to know this fact.
I mean if its after 1/2 yrs then i will probably demand fo rmy own child.
if its after a good time then i will keep it as a secret because it will be really difficult for a kid who has spent sooo much time with their parents to go to a new family all of a sudden.
if the kid knows it too then i will leave it to them whatever they wanna decide.
here i will also think religion wise too because when u adopt a kid you are not meant to give him/her your name. now i dont know what religion has to say about a child which you didnot adopt and neither gave birth.
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Pfft that would of course assume they have the intelligence to think of such a cool scheme!!!
Are you implying that your children would not be intelligent? That you could father dumb kids - how mean, but brutally honest :(
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How dare anyone try and play such a dirty trick on me… 
If I was raising someone elses child I would certainly be as kind to it as if it were my own… especailly if I had no idea at the time.
However offcourse I would demand my blood back to me… and woe betide anyone who dare refuse a fair swap. 
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This happens on an episode of Veronica Mars. 
In that, one daughter finds out (raised by a loving, but less affluent family) and her biological mother realizes it. In the end, they choose not to change anything.
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I read a news story a long time ago that a certain percentage of children are erroneously given to wrong parents after birth.
Right now, i can find only this reference to give you an idea:
It is however, less common in developed countries.