Guest guest Posted December 1, 2004 Report Share Posted December 1, 2004 Hillary- Your post brought tears to my eyes. It is so great to know that everything is going to be OK despite our worst fears as parents. Thanks again for all your input!!!! Mimi > Quoting Debbie <despina1@o...>: > > > > > Wow! Thank you for taking the time to share your story and put some of at > > ease. Of course as parents we worry how our children will feel. Other > > children can be so mean. But knowing you are where you are and happy lets us > > know thank just because our children have a syndrome doesn't mean it has to > > change who they are. Thank you and best of luck in college. > > Hi Debbie, > You're welcome. I have to say that I give 99% of the credit to my family and > the other 1% of credit to my teachers and the community that I was raised in. > I really believe that it is imperative for any parent of an RSS child to treat > that child their age and not their size (especially when they're young) and to > never put limitations on what they can or cannot due simply because of their > size. I was very, very fortunate to be raised by people who let me set my own > bar, so to speak, and never told me that it was too high or couldn't be done. > They also never let me use my size as an excuse - if something couldn't be done > one way because of my height, they came up with a solution to do it another way. > I also have to say that while I didn't get teased a lot as a kid, it did happen > sometimes, although the comments usually came from strangers on the street and > not my peer group at school; however, I think that the comments, teasing and > stares didn't bother me as much as they might have because my parents did such > a good job of helping to instill a good sense of self-esteem in me. I have a > tremendous amount of respect,gratitude, and love for my parents because I know > that it couldn't have been easy, but they helped give me a really, really solid > foundation to stand on when I went out into the world. I read the list and > think back on what my own parents went through with me, and frankly, most days > I don't know how they and you guys did and do it. Hang in there, though, > things do get better and I'm sure that every one of your children will become > the amazing human beings they were meant to be! > > ~Hillary > 22, RSS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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