My children are in wheelchairs. My wife and I taught them how to walk, and they were walking just fine, but they wanted to attend school, and you're not allowed to walk at school. There are various reasons for the prohibition, though some (the authorities are scared of people who can walk) are not advertised. The advertised reasons are all about keeping the kids safe.
So the kids get wheelchairs when they get to school. That's ok with me because they can walk at home. Except that they don't walk at home. They are allowed to take the wheelchairs home, and they do. The schools encourage this, again because they want to help keep the kids safe. When I ask my kids to go for a walk with me, they decline. I know that's pretty disturbing, but it gets a lot worse.
Since they've been sitting or lying for so long, the lower portions of their legs have become numb. I have watched their toes get broken at school and showed them their broken toes and offered to help them get the exercise that would help them heal. The exercise brings life back to the injured extremities, and with that life comes the pain of the injuries. My children don't like the pain, so they have stopped the exercises. I am distraught about this. Any advice would be helpful.
I have already forbidden the wheelchairs in the house, so the kids have taken to crawling on their hands and knees to get to their beds at night, and out to the car in the mornings. I told them that they should crawl at school too, as the exercise would help their feet heal so that they could walk again, but they are not allowed to crawl. Safety concerns again.
My wife is also worried about the kids' safety, so she has been asking me not to let them crawl around the house, and telling me I should carry them to their beds when they get home from school. I am about ready to abandon my family because my depression is beginning to ruin the lives of everyone around me. Any advice would be helpful.
So the kids get wheelchairs when they get to school. That's ok with me because they can walk at home. Except that they don't walk at home. They are allowed to take the wheelchairs home, and they do. The schools encourage this, again because they want to help keep the kids safe. When I ask my kids to go for a walk with me, they decline. I know that's pretty disturbing, but it gets a lot worse.
Since they've been sitting or lying for so long, the lower portions of their legs have become numb. I have watched their toes get broken at school and showed them their broken toes and offered to help them get the exercise that would help them heal. The exercise brings life back to the injured extremities, and with that life comes the pain of the injuries. My children don't like the pain, so they have stopped the exercises. I am distraught about this. Any advice would be helpful.
I have already forbidden the wheelchairs in the house, so the kids have taken to crawling on their hands and knees to get to their beds at night, and out to the car in the mornings. I told them that they should crawl at school too, as the exercise would help their feet heal so that they could walk again, but they are not allowed to crawl. Safety concerns again.
My wife is also worried about the kids' safety, so she has been asking me not to let them crawl around the house, and telling me I should carry them to their beds when they get home from school. I am about ready to abandon my family because my depression is beginning to ruin the lives of everyone around me. Any advice would be helpful.
