Parents, what would you do if?

Question

Lets say you just gave birth to a baby boy. Somehow your baby was mixed up with another baby boy born around the same time. ten years pass when you find out that the little boy you have been caring for ten years is not yours. You have the option to keep the little boy you have now or switch and get your biological son. What would you do?

Answer 1

i would keep him, and take my real son. and adopt the boy whole ive have for 10 years.  

Answer 2

well, any kind of good parent would know their own baby's appearance and cry. so within 30 seconds of seeing my baby, no switch would get by me.  

Answer 3

Keep him.

I don't care about biology, that child would be my child.

Answer 4

Keep the son that I had raised and kidnap my real son. But seriously, I'd keep the boy I raised and get together for regular visits with the other family. But what if the other family wanted their son back? Yikes

Answer 5

I would keep the son that I had been raising since birth and I would take my biological son away from the people who are raising him.  I would take whatever measures necessary to prove they are unfit parents in order to do this.  

Answer 6

How come nobody's asking what do the boys want?

They'll tell you they want to stay with the mother they've always known.  They dont care about biology.  It's a lot simpler for them.  My home is where I grew up.  My mother is the person who raised me.

It'd break anybody's heart to turn away from this.  I'm no exception.  But I would never never take my son out of the home he's always known, make him cry and grieve, and give him reason to fear anything.

Answer 7

Probably keep the son I had grown to love as my own, and try to set up some kind of friendship/relationship with the family of my biological son.  I would surely want to be a part of his life, but I wouldn't want to cause either boy grief by pulling them from the only family they have ever known.

Answer 8

i don't know cause its like someone coming to take your bibological away although he is not. sorry just keep praying  

Answer 9

I think there was a movie about that.................I have no idea.

nfd♥

Answer 10

I'd say if you love the boy you brought up, adopt. It's also nice to get your real son back, but really this is a personally problem only you must answer

Answer 11

OMG, I don't know what I would do....I would be so torn because obviously I would love the son I was raising but then I would be in so much pain knowing that the time with my biological son was taken from me...so I would be in a mix of emotions...I honestly don't know what I would do...cause how could I claim my biological son and just kick the other one to the curb...it would just be horrible...that is why I was very observant that my kids were the only "Lationo" ones being born that day and I kept my kids in my room the whole time and my husband was with me in the room so he was hawk eye on the kids...I even brought a sharoie just in case there was a chance they could be mixed, that my husband knew to write on the babies foot...but like I said, my husband scoped it out and said that all the other babies were "white" so there was no way ours would be switched and we wouldn't know....weird to think about but that is something that was on my mind when I was pregnant...PSYCHO...I know...:)

Answer 12

AFter 10 years?  I would meet the son that is biologically mine, however I WOULD NOT switch.  That son has been mine for 10 years.

Answer 13

I would prob keep the boy that I had, he would be my son no matter what.  You spent 10 years raising him and loving him like he was yours.  I dont think I would be able to just stop loving him and trade him for a 10 year old boy that I dont know.  I would not want to keep both, thats causing pain on the other parents, if they cant have my son and their son, why should I be able to keep both.

Answer 14

As long as the other family had provided a loving and stable home for my biological son, I don't think I would be able to switch. If the other parents were somehow abusive, I would of course want to care for both boys! But assuming everyone was doing well (and the other family didn't want THEIR son back!) I would try to make an arrangement with the other family so that they boys could know each other and their respective biological parents.

Answer 15

WOW,I would stay with the boy ,But if I found out he was swiched ,I would sue the hospital for damages done and if I have to find the other boy ,yes I would but I would not make any more damages unless the boys are willing to know about it,honesty comes first ,I know that ,but feelings are greater so if he does not need to know ,why tell him?,that is if he is grown,if he is still a baby I would switch.

Answer 16

I would take my biological son, and I would adopt the son I'd taken home by mistake and then I'd sue the hospital for emotional trauma to all of us.

Answer 17

We got into a discussion one time with my family about what if my 2 year old daughter wasn't mine, but it was given to me by mistake.  h**l, no I wouldn't give her up.  Even my 7 year old.  If I found out 3 years from now that she is someone's else's kid, not only would she not want to leave, but I wouldn't want her to leave.  

I would in the very least, have my kid get to know the other kid and try to have a friendly relationship with the kid and the family.  But in no way would anyone want to just give up their kid after 10 years.