(926) Intuition

Just like the two lady police officers in California, most mothers could sense something the matter with certain children. It is more of whether they choose to tell the mothers concerned. Lately, more people become  concerned about one child in our group who shows no eye contact with  adults around him, neither does he respond to other children, whether younger or older than him. We could almost feel a collective sense of relief when we heard that this boy had  gone for an evaluation. Now we know that he is in able hands and suitable therapy will be given.

This brought another case to mind. Ten years back, I was concerned enough to urge a dear friend to have her girl checked. There I ran the risk of losing an old friend. It was fortunate that she took it in her stride. Since money was no object and she had a sister residing in UK, she took her girl there for a comprehensive developmental examination. The girl was almost five at that point, the experts refused to give any label. They  merely said that she was two years behind in her development. Her hearing was affected as she had gluey ears; sometimes she could hear, other times she could not. The hearing problem caused her speech delay. The problem of delay speech in turn caused her to be frustrated and moody. Many medical checks and years of close attention from a loving mom who gave up her promising career brought the girl around.

Children are gifts from above. Sometimes it could mean a lot of hard work, heart break, frustration, struggles and persistence before we could bring out the deeply hidden potential in them.

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