Wow. First, hugs. Second, I can't believe you seriously assign yourself fault for deciding to birth a child. Regret, yes, especially with hindsight; but surely evil, if it could possibly be the destiny of a person, could not possibly be identified or predicted by a troubled teenage girl. You are responsible for your own acts, omissions, and errors; but your child, especially as an adult, is responsible for its own acts.
Srsly, this is like the whole "if you knew your child was going to be Hitler" thought experiment. There's no way to know that in real life that doesn't involve being delusional, and people who go down that road end up on the news in connection with horrifying acts of their own. If you're carrying a sense of responsibility for the acts of some other person, you should let that go.
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Srsly, this is like the whole "if you knew your child was going to be Hitler" thought experiment. There's no way to know that in real life that doesn't involve being delusional, and people who go down that road end up on the news in connection with horrifying acts of their own. If you're carrying a sense of responsibility for the acts of some other person, you should let that go.
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