My father is bipolar and my parents kept that a secret from me for almost my entire life. Do you feel that parents should be legally obligated to tell their children that they have mental illness?

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• thank you so much for understanding!!!!

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  by slenderella on August 31st, 2009

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• You're incredibly rude. Not every bipolar person has overtly noticeable tendencies.
  My father was depressed much of my life and never manic. To call me stupid is really uncalled for.

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  by slenderella on August 30th, 2009

• I've dated two bipolar women in my life, and I know that unless the condition is manic, bipolar is completely unnotaceable. So if your father wasn't manic often, then why is it such a big deal to you?
  
  Before you decide to complain about how your parents kept you in the dark about nothing, maybe you should ask yourself if you yourself are bipolar.

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  by R-R on August 30th, 2009

• It's a big deal to me because I think I should have known that there was mental illness in the family
  before I had children of my own. So now I'm stupid and bipolar, real nice of you. What's the point of your answering my question if you're just going to be nasty about it? You don't hear me telling you
  to learn how to spell, do you?

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  by slenderella on August 30th, 2009

• You just picked on a sixteen year old that missed 4 years of school. You're awesome.
  
  Bipolar is no reason not to have children. Down syndrome is a reason not to have children. You just need something to bitch about. Thats why you are arguing with a teenager online, and thats why you are complaining to thousands of people you dont know online.

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  by R-R on August 30th, 2009

• I was in the same situation--Anon, you admitted that it might not be noticeable--well, there's the other side of the coin: children of abuse often blame themselves, and men in their manic condition often have tempers and lash out without reason. A child isn't going to say, Gee, is my dad bipolar?
  It would've been nice for slenderella to know, if only to let go some of the shame/guilt from childhood.

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  by overeducated on August 30th, 2009

• The question is should there be a legal obligation for parents to tell children about their mental conditions. It has nothing to do with guilt from the past. So don't try to clash with me undereducated.

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  by R-R on August 30th, 2009

• and my response had everything to do with the tone of your answer.

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  by overeducated on August 30th, 2009