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Woman With Cerebral Palsy Has A Kid. How To Help Her Understand To Be Consistent With Parenting Skills?

I am a care-giver.. for a women with cerebal Palsy.. I consider myself personal advocate the " biggest" challenge is she has a 2-1/2 year old child and mentally she just doesn't understand the responsibility of the life time commitment nor does she understand how to take care of this this child... her C.P., she has the mental capability of a child herself, she is 37 years old. therefore inconsistent with her parenting skills. no just doesn't mean NO. how do I help her understand she needs to be consistant? $1.00 and a penny.
Thu, 5 Sep 2013
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Hello,
Thanks for choosing health care magic for posting your query.
I have gone through your question in detail and I can understand what you are going through.
A person with cerebral palsy can understand her responsibility depending on her IQ. You have not stated the IQ of this patient but I suppose that it is low. The only possibility is slow and repeated efforts to make her understand and if she still doesn't then the child should not be under her custody and should be given foster parents.
Hope I am able to answer your concerns.
If you have any further query, I would be glad to help you.
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Wish you good health,
Kind regards
Dr. Srikanth Reddy M.D.


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Woman With Cerebral Palsy Has A Kid. How To Help Her Understand To Be Consistent With Parenting Skills?

Hello, Thanks for choosing health care magic for posting your query. I have gone through your question in detail and I can understand what you are going through. A person with cerebral palsy can understand her responsibility depending on her IQ. You have not stated the IQ of this patient but I suppose that it is low. The only possibility is slow and repeated efforts to make her understand and if she still doesn t then the child should not be under her custody and should be given foster parents. Hope I am able to answer your concerns. If you have any further query, I would be glad to help you. If not, you may close the discussion and if possible you may rate the answer for In future if you wish to contact me directly, you can use the below mentioned link: bit.ly/dr-srikanth-reddy Wish you good health, Kind regards Dr. Srikanth Reddy M.D.