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How to balance hope with honesty about uncertain futures

My son with muscular dystrophy asked if he will ever drive a car and I said yes but we both know that might not be true and I hate lying to him.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The gap between what parents promise and what medicine predicts creates moral complexity in everyday conversations.

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