How do you answer? They leave that part out

How does one answer questions about their youth and mistakes they made when they are asked by their kids? For me, this is an academic question since I do not have any kids, but for parents, its a question they will most likely have to answer at some point.

The Charleston Daily Mail has a story about Karen Cross, who is now the director of the anti-abortion group West Virginians for Life, and when her daughter was 9 years old asked "Mom, have you ever had an abortion?" Karen had has two when she was younger and before becoming a pro-life advocate.

The decisions we make will often come back to re-visit us later, especially those we would rather forget or wish we had not made. Our choices have consequences no matter what society would like us to believe. (hat tip Lucianne.com)