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Oh, I agree. But I could almost hear the mind working of the person announcing this: “If I say that this person got the wonderful news that their child won’t have Downs’ Syndrome, will that hurt the feelings of people in this congregation who have relatives who have Downs’ Syndrome?”</p>
<p>And before you tell a relative or friend the wonderful news that your child was accepted to Harvard, it might pay to recall whether that relative’s kid was rejected from Harvard, or had other college-related disappointments. That may temper how you share the news, or whether you share it at all with that person.</p>