Normal reactions that need to be acknowledged can include resentment, fear, embarrassment, and guilt. These problems, if not acknowledged and expressed in appropriate ways, may cause long-term problems. Tolerance and Interest Level Parents can also help siblings become involved in the child's program and give them opportunities to develop specific skills to interact with the sibling with the disability. In doing this, they need to keep each child's tolerance and interest in the disability in mind. Parents also need to remember that siblings must live their own lives and not expect them to devote themselves to the child with a disability as a parent might do.
Every child needs quality time alone with a parent.
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