By: David

David — Wed, 21 May 2008 00:24:34 +0000

Liz, just to clarify my last post: if someone with any kind of disorder is a danger to a child, they shouldn’t be in a care position. Period. I think I was trying to delineate between that situation and one where a person has a condition which is effectively treated and poses no inherent risk to the child. My concern was that many people are completely ignorant about mental illness and that there is a built in prejudice about what a person with a condition can do effectively. Unfortunately, this only encourages people to keep their illnesses hidden. I didn’t mean to imply that there was any gray area about whether an unfit person should take care of children. (The only reason I’m writing this is that you agreed with the two other posts. Am I reading too much into it?) Two other topics which might be of interest are 1) The importance (or gift) of being able to maintain a sense of humor even during the lowest points and how this can help. You seem to have a very active sense of humor! 2)I feel I’m a much more empathetic and less judgmental person since I’ve gone through my ordeal. How have others changed for the better or worse? Dave

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By: David