Beyond exceptional human beings
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oilbethere said:
People who get up with next to nothing in their lives go out and care for old and sick people on minimum wage. With all due respect f
k your Alex Zanardi's of this world. Or see above.
This.k your Alex Zanardi's of this world. Or see above.My mum had MS and received a high level of care from said low paid folks. They have a level of compassion that just isn’t in me, at any wage level.
My grandfather who at 19 years old served as a radio operator/dorsal gunner on Hampdens serving 3 tours with bomber command and later an engineer who worked on the Fairey Delta 2 (the first jet aircraft to exceed to 1000mph). Brave, humble, intelligent, witty til the end. If I turn out to be half the man he was....
Speed addicted said:
This.
My mum had MS and received a high level of care from said low paid folks. They have a level of compassion that just isn’t in me, at any wage level.
I would echo this and also add foster carers, official or otherwise. I come into contact with quite a few who are bringing up very young kids with behavioural problems. Houses trashed, interior doors smashed, wee and poo everywhere, violence and aggression to parents, siblings, themselves. Having to lock their own bedroom door for safety, and living with pressure mats and panic alarms in their own homes. Then there’s being always on, at work, 24/7. For every one who says no more, there are others who keep going, trying new techniques, keep fighting for educational and mh support. And eventually there will be at least some headway made with these kids. I have the utmost respectMy mum had MS and received a high level of care from said low paid folks. They have a level of compassion that just isn’t in me, at any wage level.
oldbanger said:
Speed addicted said:
This.
My mum had MS and received a high level of care from said low paid folks. They have a level of compassion that just isn’t in me, at any wage level.
I would echo this and also add foster carers, official or otherwise. I come into contact with quite a few who are bringing up very young kids with behavioural problems. Houses trashed, interior doors smashed, wee and poo everywhere, violence and aggression to parents, siblings, themselves. Having to lock their own bedroom door for safety, and living with pressure mats and panic alarms in their own homes. Then there’s being always on, at work, 24/7. For every one who says no more, there are others who keep going, trying new techniques, keep fighting for educational and mh support. And eventually there will be at least some headway made with these kids. I have the utmost respectMy mum had MS and received a high level of care from said low paid folks. They have a level of compassion that just isn’t in me, at any wage level.
SpeckledJim said:
Second that. Foster parents are the very best of us.
It's those Forster parents that continually take damage kids in for a week or 2 at only a couple of hours notice that I take my hat off to.You must have a big heart to open your home to psychologically damaged kids, treat them with superhuman kindness no matter what they do and then have to hand them right back to the source of the problem.
I really don't know how they handle it.
The Vambo said:
SpeckledJim said:
Second that. Foster parents are the very best of us.
It's those Forster parents that continually take damage kids in for a week or 2 at only a couple of hours notice that I take my hat off to.You must have a big heart to open your home to psychologically damaged kids, treat them with superhuman kindness no matter what they do and then have to hand them right back to the source of the problem.
I really don't know how they handle it.
I would have to say my mum, who is, funnily enough, a foster carer.
Not only do they put up with all mentioned, but they also have to deal with the utter ineptitude and on occasional downright spiteful attitude of a lot of the management within Social Services. I say this not only from personal experience but also from speaking to a great many other foster carers, many of whom left the profession not because of the children but because they could not bear to deal with the appalling treatment from Social Services any more*.
Not only do they put up with all mentioned, but they also have to deal with the utter ineptitude and on occasional downright spiteful attitude of a lot of the management within Social Services. I say this not only from personal experience but also from speaking to a great many other foster carers, many of whom left the profession not because of the children but because they could not bear to deal with the appalling treatment from Social Services any more*.
- I know there are also a great many people within Social Services who work hard and do their very best so hopefully nobody on here will take offence.
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