Disabled Children's Presenter "Scares Children"
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Parents like that shouldn't be allowed to raise children.
I'd wait and see if its the arm thats scaring them or just her mannerisms, some of those childrens presenters can be kinda psycho.
One of my class mates in high school had only half a right arm, just down to the elbow and I...had a crush on them lol, so maybe I don't see the problem here.
One of my class mates in high school had only half a right arm, just down to the elbow and I...had a crush on them lol, so maybe I don't see the problem here.
I read this earlier and still don't know how to respond to it. Aside from finding these parents and choking them.
I doubt the kids are scared at all, or just very few of them at most who would be fine if the parents explained the situation to them. It's probably just an excuse for the parents to justify their own fears of *gasp* having to talk to their kids about disabilities.
A lot of these sorts of stories seem to be popping up lately, kinda makes me agree with you Hermiod, makes you ashamed they share a gene pool with you.
That just proves that the PARENTS missed something in their educational experience...I think they're the ones that need to sit down and watch the show and maybe, hopefully, learn something.
Very sad indeed.
When my children were young I used to take them to a women's/children's group. One of the women, Pauline, who used to attend had been badly burnt as a child when her bassinet caught on fire. She had a very badly burnt face and most of her fingers had been burnt off.
Some of the women complained that Pauline scared their children and they tried to stop Pauline from saying that they wanted the group to be for sole mothers only (Pauline had no children). I was very angered by this and told the mothers that if they explain to their children what had happened to Pauline than the children would just accept her. My children had no problems with Pauline at all.
Some of the women complained that Pauline scared their children and they tried to stop Pauline from saying that they wanted the group to be for sole mothers only (Pauline had no children). I was very angered by this and told the mothers that if they explain to their children what had happened to Pauline than the children would just accept her. My children had no problems with Pauline at all.
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I think most young kids are very accepting of things like that; they're far more likely to be curious than frightened. When I was a very young kid, I had an older relative who had no fingers and I was fascinated by how adept she was at doing things; so I just asked her about it. And she was happy to talk about it. She told me how it happened, and, years later, when I got into health care, I realized that she had suffered from Amniotic Banding Syndrome.
Couldn't tell if the sock was supposed to have a Britishified Brooklyn accent or not.As for the OP, those narrow-minded parents need to be "re-educated."
Exactly, the kids probably don't even care and if they do, five minutes spent actually talking to them would probably resolve any fears they have.
Sounds like another case of lazy parents who don't want to take five minutes to explain it to their children. I know when I was a kid if my sister and I saw someone who was different than us my Mother would always take the time to explain it. I think it made us very open minded as adults.
I remember being in the bank one day when a guy in a wheelchair was in the line behind me and my children. My children were asking him all sorts questions like "How fast can you go" and "How to you reach things high up on supermarket shelves' etc. The guy was happy to answer their questions and told me most parents try and get their children to ignore him.
Just after he said that a woman came in with two children. I heard one of the children ask his mother something about the wheelchair. The mother hushed the child up straight away. The guy in the wheelchair rolled his yees and said to me "see what I mean".
Just after he said that a woman came in with two children. I heard one of the children ask his mother something about the wheelchair. The mother hushed the child up straight away. The guy in the wheelchair rolled his yees and said to me "see what I mean".
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*shrugs* She looks normal, except well she's missing an arm but I don't see any problem whatsoever. She's actually kind of cute. I think it's wonderful that she's out there entertaining children. And she has the right attitude. I would be disappointed as well but I like that's she taken an upbeat positive that it might generate some conversation.
I remember my mom got pissed when a nurse said out loud that my arm was weird because she couldn't put the blood pressure thing on it right. I thought it was kind of funny because here's a nurse that didn't really understand my arm and what happened to it.
I remember my mom got pissed when a nurse said out loud that my arm was weird because she couldn't put the blood pressure thing on it right. I thought it was kind of funny because here's a nurse that didn't really understand my arm and what happened to it.
That just reminded me of something that happened to me. Me and my dad were walking around in Manchester, waiting for a concert my mam and sister were at to end, and we went to a chippy to get something to eat. While we were sat outside eating 2 drunk women came up and one asked if I'd get up so she could sit down. I said "You want me to get out of my wheelchair so you can sit down?" and she said "Yes, please. These shoes are killing my feet." So I said ok, my legs were aching anyway and I wanted to stretch them a bit. Her friend said "You cheeky cow, asking a disabled person to get out of their wheelchair." to which she replied "It's ok, I saw a documentary on TV, and it said that they like to be treated like normal people."
I guess I should have been kinda insulted or something, but given how drunk they were I thought it was funny.
T'North, says so right in my location.
Not as far north as you, mind.