tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7922908882104886687.post7373656896848519143..comments2023-07-30T05:13:50.763-07:00Comments on Who's learning? Who's teaching?: Stress for special needs parentsHills N Valleyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17574211660911750013noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7922908882104886687.post-63338063863917890752012-04-27T09:02:39.425-07:002012-04-27T09:02:39.425-07:00I'm sorry that there's something new going...I'm sorry that there's something new going on, Joy. I'll be praying. I don't know the answer to your questions. I think that all parents spend a lot of time worrying over their children, certainly. In your case, you have more to worry about than a lot of others and it's a long term thing whereas it might be more temporary in other situations. When you throw in how people all handle stress differently (something that I'd blow off is a MAJOR drama-fest for some others, for example) and, well, I'm not sure there is one set answer. <br /><br />The one thing I do know, though, is that prayer helps me and you're in my prayers.Tina - Our Rustic Rootshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16089455840430154833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7922908882104886687.post-85469511436579548062012-04-26T23:57:05.881-07:002012-04-26T23:57:05.881-07:00I've often wondered about that as well. I thi...I've often wondered about that as well. I think that while the intensity of the stress can often feel the same in families with "normal" (if there is such a thing) kids; the difference is in the constancy of it. <br /><br />As I look around, I see families going through periods of stress that sometimes last for years, but they eventually can pull through it and look back at that "awful time". But your children... that's something different. You can never walk away from your worry for them and they won't ever be healed. They won't ever be normal, no matter how hard we try to make them that way. And when you add in a constant behavioral issues that last from early childhood until long after we're dead and gone... there is no escape from it. Ever. And that is where the stress comes in that makes special need parenting just that tiny bit harder than typical parenting. <br /><br />On the other hand, to a typical parent who has never experienced "our" level of stress, they probably feel a bit invalidated. I'm not saying that their stress is not valid at all; just different. And not as intensely constant.Lauriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06271813324723765876noreply@blogger.com