Kay et al, Jonathan said he was a "bridge engineer", but he failed to tell whether he works with Erector or Legos! Bobby K. Salkin wrote: > LOL - hey, guys, he's an engineer...all engineers I've known and worked with aren't the most patient types - very very focused and arguementive. Guess it comes from working with numbers all day long. > > But seriously, I do think he made one valid point - we should be interacting with as many types of people as possible. My parents encouraged that, and I think I'm the better for it. > > Kathy S. > > "St. John's University Cerebral Palsy List" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > After perusing this for the better part of a year, I must unsubscribe. = > To those > of you who don't know me, I'm 29, have a mild case of CP and I work as a = > > bridge engineer. =20 > > I do participate occasionally on alt.support.cerebral-palsey. The = > people over > there actually ask some pertinent questions every now and then. Most = > (but not > all) of what I see here is like most of what I see on the internet - = > garbage. > > So - having said that, let me leave you with what I feel is important, = > and please > read this... I do think it is important. > > To parents: Most of what I've seen is parents that are terrified of = > what the future > holds for their kids. In reality, it isn't that big of a deal. Just = > take care of your > children and support them. I think you'll be surprised at how well they = > adapt. > > What I do think you can do are these three very important things: > > 1. Teach your kids that life is not fair. > 2. Teach your kids to worry about what they can control, not what they = > can't control > 3. Teach your kids good social skills. Make them interact with other = > children of=20 > all walks of life. > > To Children: This will all come to pass. Focus on what I said in point = > number 2. > You'll understand when you get older.