This feels wrong to me. But maybe I'm missing something. So, please,
tell me why I shouldn't think that these parents of a daughter with
Down's syndrome are superficial, unintentionally cruel and deeply,
deeply in denial.
The mother and father of 2-year-old Ophelia
Kirwan have considered sending their daughter under the knife to fix
her appearance, which shows all the characteristic signs of being born
with Down's syndrome as Ophelia was. The parents think her facial
features will set her apart from her peers and keep her from being
"accepted" by society.
No word on the girl's current level of acceptance by her own parents.
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