Sorry, but no I did mean you and your church. My experience with churches is most really don’t do much to help parents who have kids with speical needs. Tho they do teach that life is precious, all life, they tend to come up very short in assisting parents with those children. (and assistance is not just needed for church hrs, many parents could use some time to just go out for a couple hrs together).
I have read many times here how non goverment entities should help. But experience from many of us parents is that many chuches fall very short of helping. We found a church that will actually except that our daughter may not understand what communane(can’t spell sorry) is about but the pastor was willing to sit and talk to her about Jesus’s love and how she is one of his children and was welcome at His table. To me that is much more excepting then the prior church where they seemed to think that she was to understand. God knows her limitations and like myself excepts them. Do you or your church do that? I know of Catholic families who’ve been shocked to find that their child with Down Syndrome is not execpted into the Catholic schools that thier siblings attend. But the Church insists that the children are all God’s children and their life is precious....this is helping parents with ‘different’ kids? I could go on but you get the drift.
Should the state be the only option. NO. And keeping these kids at home and assisting their families actually saves the taxpayers money, because 24 hr care that would be given in an institution (and I believe a mom I know on another site said the state she in still has instititions and can’t get rid of them for group home settings because of unions).
I will keep my child in school for another 3 yrs at least. This means the state will be off the hook for finding her housing with support for at least that long. If not longer, because I’ve heard many horror stories and really don’t know if I want to subject her to uncaring staff.
Anyway, I do hope that something I’ve said will help you and you church assist those families with special needs, not just during the church time, but maybe if you know they have an anniverary or something coming up offer to help out so they can have a short date, just the two of them.
That said this teacher went way over board.
My original post has to do with taking responsibility for your own family!I won't bemoan my own travails, but gladly lift yours in my prayers...
If I can be of service, I would gladly be there to Help. In the meantime, I wish you well!