Friday, March 16, 2012

Research that Benefits Children and Families—Uplifting Stories

Option 2:

When my sister was nine, she fell off the monkey bars at school and broke her neck. She became a quadriplegic. Having the ability to research how this traumatic event affected her not just physically, but emotionally as well would be priceless. While she went on to do great things (she is now a clinical psychologist), I always wonder how things could have been different for her. Conducting a study of that nature could potentially bring peace to thousands of young children who also experienced traumatic events and injuries.

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  1. WOW! What an awesome story! Just from what I have observed children are very resilient especially when encouraged by their families. I am sure your sister would say that her family has lots of credit of helping her to get where she is now. Congratulations to her, to her family and her success.
    Barbara

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  2. I enjoyed reading your post. It will be interesting to learn how your sister was able to overcome her injuries and became a succesful woman.

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