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Parental Guilt / Guilty Feelings

Parental Guilt / Guilty Feelings

As a parent of special needs child(ren) do you ever feel guilty for not doing something 'more' to help your child(ren)? Sometimes the feeling may center around the fact that your child will have more life's challenges than normal and you are helpless to protect them or help them know what they should do beyond what they are capable of taking in. I guess it is a feeling of wanting to protect them and at the same time open their mind and just inject the necessary, but it is not possible. I personally am very cocerned for the lack of 'awareness' necessary for the survival of my child in this tough world. What are your thoughts about this subject?

Feelings Guilty Guilt Parental

I live in guilt, literally. There are times that I fall asleep crying when the day was to stressful or I was not able to provide something my kid needed. Right now, my biggest guilt is knowing my oldest child is in desperate need of autism services of all kinds and I am not able to provide it for him because of my location. It's very disheartening as he gets older and more precious time is being wasted that could be used in helping him with his challenges. I try my best to teach him every day but I am not a professional....and I just hope for a change of my situation and hang in there.