ed to this problem. How many parents are struggling with their kids issues and don’t realize that it is because they drank while they were pregnant? Do we condemn these moms? NOT AT ALL! This is a social problem that we are not addressing in our country. The word isn’t getting out there. People are not aware of the seriousness of it and how damaging it can be to a child to drink while pregnant. Often mom’s don’t even know that they are pregnant before it is too late. So no we don’t condemn mom’s who have drank. They need help though. They need help with their children. There is nothing more difficult then raising a child with this disability. Parents need support. They need clinics and doctors that can diagnose. Treatments cannot fix brain damage but can help some of the symptoms.
These children are often labeled
as troubled, behavior problems, etc. They struggle in school. They often
can go into adulthood unable to even care for themselves. Often they
need an exterior brain to help them get by in life. They have problems
with time management, money management, anger management, impulse
control, stealing, lying, and so much more. These kids almost always
have ADHD, but not that alone, but coupled with a complex variety of
mood disorders, ODD, etc. Teachers struggle in school with these kids
and often blame parents for not disciplining their children properly,
when in fact, these children may often come from great homes, but have
brain damage that affects their behavior.
We are conditioned to think that if someone lies or steals, they are criminals. These kids lie and steal because they don’t have impulse control. They don’t often have understanding of what belongs to whom. They are brain damaged in the area of the conscience. Isn’t that scary? How can we look at these kids and think they are criminals? However the justice system does and often these are the kids in jail. Wow is that sad. They could have had a chance if their mom had not drank and their mom could have had a chance not to drink if our country would have put a commercial on TV about this danger. We can’t keep ignoring this. It is a huge problem. More people are affected then we know. Many kids are not even getting a chance.
Well I have two children that have FASD and they are getting a chance. We are fighting for them all the way. Our story will be revealed through my blog. I hope that through my blog, others will get educated, and maybe some babies will be saved. Maybe some children will get help. Maybe some doctors will learn about this disorder and study it. Maybe clinics will pop up all over that can diagnose and treat this. Maybe some parents will get the support that they need. Maybe some children will get help in school that they need. Maybe some adult persons with FASD, will have support into their future. Some of these kids are in desperate straights. We can’t continue to shovel this under a bush and pretend that it does not exist.
I have a yahoo group that supports parents who are raising kids with FASD. You are all welcome to join:
I have a desire to share all the God has done through our miracle family. It is only because of Him, that we can do anything.