Meet the incredibly selfless, young carers of siblings with disabilities

[@Maria7Maria]

This is awful honestly. As someone who grew up like this, it’s not selfless, it’s hell. It destroys your life in the end.

[@DC-bp8sx]

I agree wholeheartedly, it’s parentification and shouldn’t be celebrated. I know a woman who had to look after her disabled sibling from 23, she ended up calling off her engagement and never had children and lives with her brother till this very day, the home is destroyed and she is now overweight. Severely depressed and often suicidal herself. She didn’t ever have a life or ever have children, she watched her ex fiancé go on to have he life they had planned together with someone else.

[@Maria7Maria]

@@DC-bp8sx So sad :( people look at me and my family sideways when we say we placed my severely disabled sister in residential care. But honestly it's the best for all of us. She has dedicated medical staff who can meet her complex needs and she can live a good life there, eat nice foods, she can even keep animals and the staff have parties and activities for the residents. None of this stuff could she do if we were trying to care for her. We have our own lives, relationships and careers and we can visit her too. We are all happier. People just don't understand that we all grow up, including the disabled children, and they need a new life where they and us can be happy!

[@DC-bp8sx]

Absolutely awful, this type of parentification shouldn’t be celebrated at all. It’s very harmful to children forced to look after children like this, absolutely horrific.

[@melodyyyy6711]

children shouldn’t have to be depended on for their siblings care they should be able to live their own lives and learn about themselves. having to care for another person so intensely at a young age you have to put pretty much everything about yourself on hold and it ruins you.

[@cecilyerker]

This is society’s next huge project. Kids need to be living their lives, adults should be the caretakers of the disabled instead of their siblings. People need jobs, disabled people need assistance.

[@madzaz1822]

What amazing young people we have....

[@paulhoskin3286]

Why isent the government providing care for these people.they are using children as free labour.

[@c-nrneb904]

Pure love 💕 Life is full of surprises... growing up with a sibling with health problems isn’t easy for parents, for anyone. It affects every family member... One of my sisters contracted meningitis at age 2. When the epidemic was finally over, many lives were lost around our city. Those that survived the disease, were never mentally the same. The older kids were a little bit slower mentally, but did end up getting better. But, my sister and another baby boy, were drastically changed... they were basically in a vegetative state. Their brains were fried, basically with the high fever they suffered during their hospital stay. I grew up helping my parents with her daily needs. Feeding, cleaning up after her, baths, walking exercising, etc... She was never a normal, active child, but she was so special, pure, perfect spirit, but, with a broken damaged brain! She kept the family together....with the innocence of a child, I would pray and ask my Father in Heaven to let me switch places for a day! So she could partake of the simple joy of childhood. Go to school, play with siblings and friends, run, jump, watch cartoons, learn new things, etc... She was perfect, without sin, she passed away when she was 17, and I had completed my 16 years of age. Her little body couldn’t handle the suffering and pain from years of medicine, constant seizures... Now, after years of suffering with a hyper active immunological system, attacking my body for 2 + decades, I am the one who needs constant help! I’ve been blessed with a loving, caring husband, two adult children now and 3 beautiful grandchildren, that I never thought I would be alive to met them! May the Lord bless each and every single one of siblings around the world that are in this situation in their lives. Thank you for showing us your beautiful, caring and loving example! 🤗

[@RitikaArora_4688]

More power to you ❤😘

[@TOMAS-lh4er]

WOW !! Thank you for showing that .

[@Johnconno]

The Sun. Newspaper of the compassionate...

[@adamantineultimatum810]

Gifted