This is an article/blog in the daily mail
and i thought it was ridiculous.
also I took offence at the word handicapped for c/f ppl, I don't like that term at all? Because I think that my daughter is normal, she just has health problems.
What does everyone think on this?
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"With a handicapped child to care for, Gordon Brown should step aside and devote himself to his family"
"Unlikely, yes. But Gordon should stand down for Fraser
by Amanda PlatellLast updated at 00:21am on 2nd December 2006
However brave a face they have shown in public, it must have been devastating for Gordon and Sarah Brown to learn that their third child Fraser has cystic fibrosis.
Knowing the eternal pain of losing baby Jennifer Jane after just ten days, they now face a lifetime of special care for their beautiful new baby.
As Rosa Monckton, mother of Down's syndrome daughter Domenica, said in this paper yesterday, a child like Fraser requires constant care, 'but the love you feel for a child so vulnerable is multiplied a thousand times'. Quite so.
There will be no shortage of love for baby Fraser in the Brown household. But there will be the need for constant drugs and physiotherapy when Fraser is well and emergency trips to hospital when he is not.
It is easy to dismiss these hardships on the grounds that - unlike many parents with chronically-ill children - the Browns will have money for carers and will get the best treatment the NHS can offer.
But the incredible emotional burden on both parents, especially Sarah, is inestimable. And despite the optimistic, almost heroic way the Browns are dealing with their son's condition, it does affect their future.
The job of Chancellor is demanding enough, but it is dwarfed by the responsibilities of being Prime Minister.
If, as seems almost certain, Mr Brown is offered the premiership early next year, his new duties will require him to be out of the country for four to five days a month, leaving Sarah alone to care for their two sons. That would place an intolerable strain on any family.
Yes, I know David Cameron seems able to handle his parliamentary duties as well as coping with his profoundly handicapped son, Ivan. But the job of Leader of the Opposition is nothing like as demanding as being PM.
Just look at the Blairs. They have four healthy children, but have still struggled to hold the family together during their time in Downing Street.
There can be no doubt that Gordon Brown has the qualities required to be a fine PM. He is already a big man. But he would be an even bigger man if he stepped aside now.
I realise it's unlikely for a man like Gordon. But I, for one, would have the greatest respect for a father who chose to devote himself to his family, not his country.
I know which needs him more."
and i thought it was ridiculous.
also I took offence at the word handicapped for c/f ppl, I don't like that term at all? Because I think that my daughter is normal, she just has health problems.
What does everyone think on this?
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"With a handicapped child to care for, Gordon Brown should step aside and devote himself to his family"
"Unlikely, yes. But Gordon should stand down for Fraser
by Amanda PlatellLast updated at 00:21am on 2nd December 2006
However brave a face they have shown in public, it must have been devastating for Gordon and Sarah Brown to learn that their third child Fraser has cystic fibrosis.
Knowing the eternal pain of losing baby Jennifer Jane after just ten days, they now face a lifetime of special care for their beautiful new baby.
As Rosa Monckton, mother of Down's syndrome daughter Domenica, said in this paper yesterday, a child like Fraser requires constant care, 'but the love you feel for a child so vulnerable is multiplied a thousand times'. Quite so.
There will be no shortage of love for baby Fraser in the Brown household. But there will be the need for constant drugs and physiotherapy when Fraser is well and emergency trips to hospital when he is not.
It is easy to dismiss these hardships on the grounds that - unlike many parents with chronically-ill children - the Browns will have money for carers and will get the best treatment the NHS can offer.
But the incredible emotional burden on both parents, especially Sarah, is inestimable. And despite the optimistic, almost heroic way the Browns are dealing with their son's condition, it does affect their future.
The job of Chancellor is demanding enough, but it is dwarfed by the responsibilities of being Prime Minister.
If, as seems almost certain, Mr Brown is offered the premiership early next year, his new duties will require him to be out of the country for four to five days a month, leaving Sarah alone to care for their two sons. That would place an intolerable strain on any family.
Yes, I know David Cameron seems able to handle his parliamentary duties as well as coping with his profoundly handicapped son, Ivan. But the job of Leader of the Opposition is nothing like as demanding as being PM.
Just look at the Blairs. They have four healthy children, but have still struggled to hold the family together during their time in Downing Street.
There can be no doubt that Gordon Brown has the qualities required to be a fine PM. He is already a big man. But he would be an even bigger man if he stepped aside now.
I realise it's unlikely for a man like Gordon. But I, for one, would have the greatest respect for a father who chose to devote himself to his family, not his country.
I know which needs him more."