Aged 12, And Looking After The Family - Part 2

The second section of this programme, with more on Paul, Amanda and thier children.

The music in the programme was composed by Zoe Keating.

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• Children
• Caring
• UK
• Disability
• TV

[choletalenda]

those fucking püarents are breeding a bunch of servants so they don't have to cope the houskeeping...poor kids, i really hope so much that someone now takes care of them and those fuckers finally learn how to use a condom

[wkares]

Louise is showing her resentment of the situation. Therefore taking it out on Jenny. They both need LOVE they apparently are not getting. GOD HELP THESE KIDS!

[kesmarn]

Blindness is not the problem for these parents. Laziness, self-indulgence and cruelty are. Those are their real handicaps.

[cottrellness]

You know what chaps my ass ? Cataracts can be taken out and replaced! So...why hasnt she had them worked on. Im sure this surgery would be covered because she has a disabled spouse and this would mean less money on support for them...

[thecatm4n]

BlueSkyes this documentary isn't about blindness. It's about a disabled couple who has kids that they do not support in the slightest. If they had one or two children, like you do, and actually cared about their children, it wouldn't be tragic like it is. It's the couple's fault for giving blindness a sad and tragic spin. They excuse their parental abandonment on their disabilities every time. Take it up with the parents as they perpetuate the spin, not the documentary crew.

[BlueSkyes9112006]

Things such as the way something is worded or the music that is played or the way a clip is videoed, example the girl who wasn't "lovie" notice the dark cool sad lighting? Also the way things are edited and the footage *NOT* seen could fill in the rest of the story.

[BlueSkyes9112006]

To be fair to the family, the way this whole documentary is presented kind of gives a depressing slant on blindness. We don't "suffer" from blindness. We suffer from tricky, though well intended writers of scripts, directers of lighting and editors who can play with a subject and make it look exactly how they want.

[BlueSkyes9112006]

Finally to those who are harsh on the parents for sucking off the working folk. You're right to be angry Sadly many many people don't want to do their bit and thinks the world owes them a livingblind and sighted. Who out there is willing to give the disabled a chance at a job or help by any other ways? It is time expectations of the disabled. When you're expected to do better you will. Blindness and disabilities and needing help isn't the same as helpless.

[BlueSkyes9112006]

I want my kids to be interdependent. There's no shame in reaching out for help. What is a shame is this family has the potential to do better but may lack confidence in themselves. With a supportive network of friends or maybe by finding a group of other blind parents. There groups online this family can live the life they deserve.

[BlueSkyes9112006]

Do my kids help me? You bet they do. They help with clean up and my oldest helps me sometimes with finding the youngest when playing in the yard as my youngest is still learning to speak up when I call but I'm there watching them

I'm teaching them we are a team. Like how eyes, ears, touch, taste and smell work to make them who they are. Each one does their bit and also helps out when needed. Like my ears and hands help take up where vision fails.

[BlueSkyes9112006]

I'm going in spring for training with my third guide dog. Then I plan to get a job and a place for my kids and I. I don't say all this to say I'm a superblink I'm just saying it is possible to be a blind parent.

[BlueSkyes9112006]

I receive social services for things like vocational rehab. I use my vision some and depend on non-visual skills. I'm going to get track training to use public transport and also have friends or family drive for me. I pay my bit of gas money or buy lunch as payment. And use my cane to get out and about