10-year-old brothers taking care of their bedridden mother?

[Brigid]

Because there was no one else. Would any civilized country allow this to happen?

[niyad]

1. you are correct, no civilized country would.

[GreenPartyVoter]

13. Makes me so sad and so mad!

[virgogal]

2. ?

[kestrel91316]

4. In Sister Simone's speech.

[Brigid]

5. Sister Simone just spoke at the convention.

She is head of Nuns on a Bus. She spoke of the sisters discovering two boys taking care of their mother, bedridden with MS, instead of attending school.

[NYC_SKP]

6. Toledo, OH.

I am my sister's keeper. I am my brother's keeper. While we were in Toledo, I met 10-year-old twins Matt and Mark, who had gotten into trouble at school for fighting. Sister Virginia and the staff at the Padua Center took them in when they were suspended and discovered on a home visit that these 10-year-olds were trying to care for their bedridden mother who has MS and diabetes.

[malaise]

3. That was really sad

[NYC_SKP]

7. I know, right?

[skeewee08]

8. Very sad

[Honeycombe8]

9. Why didn't they just borrow some money from their parents to hire someone?

[Brickbat]

10. If only they could have just worked together to lift their mom up onto a horse.

Then everything would have been better. But they didn't even try, so fuck 'em.

[gedafoja]

11. better

every thing is better

[Brigid]

12. This is what nuns do.

Apparently they discovered this problem when nobody else gave a damn.

[hifiguy]

14. That was heartbreaking.

There is more of Jesus' teachings in what those nuns do every day than in the entire hierarchy of the RCC since John XXIII passed.

[erpowers]

15. CNN Story

CNN did a story on this subject. I think the story said that their are more than a hundred thousand children talking care of their sick or disabled parents. One of the people nominated for CNN Person of the Year is a women trying to assure the children get help and can go to school while also being able to enjoy fun activities.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/17/health/cnnheroes-siskowski-youth-caregivers/index.html

[Brigid]

16. I love the CNN Heroes stories.