tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5505187301023634468.post75880063062814532..comments2023-12-26T20:52:08.357+00:00Comments on The Sound of the Silent: Siblings of children with disabilities: can we foster love?The Sound of the Silenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09669598042879486343noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5505187301023634468.post-35621449993891702512014-04-23T19:13:40.763+01:002014-04-23T19:13:40.763+01:00Thank you for your reassuring comment. I'm gla...Thank you for your reassuring comment. I'm glad that we weren't alone in taking a hands-off approach to our children's relationships with C. At least they are close with one another and distanced only from C. Because, let's face it, loving our profoundly disabled children is a challenge. And your suspicion that some declarations of sibling love are disingenuous is probably accurate...The Sound of the Silenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09669598042879486343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5505187301023634468.post-86775169395097273502014-04-21T18:19:39.032+01:002014-04-21T18:19:39.032+01:00I discovered your blog through the NY Times' M...I discovered your blog through the NY Times' Motherlode.<br /><br />I think parents of "normal" children have little influence in whether their kids love each other or are close. They're all individuals, after all. How much more of a roll of the dice is this for children with profoundly disabled siblings? <br /><br />Personally, I've always been skeptical of parents who insist that their normal children adore their disabled sibling and wonder how much of that is that the children have learned that anything less than appearing to deeply love and not resent the sibling will be met with disapproval.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com