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It is now common knowledge that the vice-presidential candidate is the mother of a disabled child. If she hid her child she would be criticized and bringing him out in public is criticized. The woman can do no right!
To me she is a role model of what a woman can do with a family. I felt sad when I read that she hid her pregnancy the first two trimesters due to concern over public opinion. As the public, we should be ashamed! do we still expect women to stay home pregnant and barefoot? What century are we in? The media should leave her family alone and let her have her children with her without being attacked and judged by the media. After news report after news report tells us our children are in crisis. Social services have so many reports of abuse and children in the system, children are at risk in their care. Here we have an example of a woman who not only is highly accomplished and a mom, she is a mom of a disabled child.
I love her quote when someone brought up her son’s disability, “Who in this room has a perfect child?” As a parent of a disabled child she is in a great position to continue to cut services that are not producing results and funnel that money into programs that are providing help and support for disabled citizens and their family.
Even if Sarah Palin isn’t our vice-president come November, I hope she continues to be in the public eye to be a role model for families with a disabled child. I hope she finds a place she can do good for the disabled in the US.
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