Dear Tessa:

You wrote that you and your two siblings, the three of you, ” all agree that we had a perfect childhood.” I have yet to come across a person, online or in-person who had a perfect childhood. I do come across a lot of people who say they had a perfect childhood.

I believe “the proof (of a perfect childhood) is in the pudding”- that is, the significant mental health issues of your sisters, and to lesser extent, perhaps, your own, are the pudding and it does not indicate a good childhood, let alone a perfect one.

Just saying.

anita