I'm astonished at the lack of insight and compassion from commenters on a conservative website.
This writer is glad she is alive. She wants others to know that creating a kid for selfish reasons is selfish, that's all.
Admirable sentiment, but buried in loads of "poor me" claptrap.
Many of us had upbringings that weren't ideal. But we got over it. Life's like that.
If she's so eager to say that others shouldn't have kids in such a way, then she's also saying that she shouldn't have been born, isn't she?