One of the challenges of being a Special Needs Parent. Is it possible to work as a team with your spouse?
Received his diagnosis, and it literally hurt my heart hearing this, but at the same time, a part of me wasn't surprised. This is something I learn from a lot of parents with special needs children how they feel alone, how they feel isolated, even when they're married. A lot of the times they and their partner are not on the same page
Nick Hydier
@NickHydier9813 · 3:56
But overall I would say that my parents in regards to dealing with me would often just be able to manage things overall and be able to show that they did have my best interest at heart and would stick together to see it through. And they've been married for close to about, I want to say 23, 24 years now because both my parents were married before and my dad actually married, actually adopted me in between his previous marriage and his marriage to my mom in 1998
Jill Benoff
@jillbenoff · 4:50
They worked together to get Craig the things that he needed, knowing that I was old enough to take care of Steven, regardless whether he liked it or not, that's what was happening. But he's doing well. He has four children, but he's very distant. He's a great dad, and he's a great husband. His communication skills could use some improvement family wise, but other than that, yeah, life was rough. Special needs child, special needs father
You. Hey, Nick, thank you for your reply. Really appreciate it. Glad I got you thinking about some things. Yeah, it's always interesting. I talk a lot about what the families go through my families with other people and dealing with other situations, but not internally. And it can be a huge internal struggle. So I'm glad. This was some good food for thought for you, and I hope things are going well. Thanks. Bye
I definitely appreciate you and everything you've done, and it's really lovely to hear that your parents work together as a team, no matter how hard it got that they stuck it out. And again, I don't know if it's a product of the times, as divorce is a more acceptable option for a lot of people now, or exactly what it is, but I do see a huge rise in a lot of families that will not work together now in the divorce rate
Swell Team
@Swell · 0:15
Nick Hydier
@NickHydier9813 · 2:03
And I feel that the internal struggles, especially at times, can be more important than even the external because feelings and thoughts and how we process things can impact very strongly how we deal with things on the outside and deal with things especially, again, those with disabilities, dealing with what they go through, such as any daily activities, even, obviously caring for them, such as things that I've dealt with, like physical therapy and such. So anyway, thank you so much for doing this topic
