Two Decades Of Diapers eBook Barbara Studham
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What is it about mental illness that makes people want to run? During my twenty years of single-handedly raising four grandchildren with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, the temptation to run was significant. In my book Two Decades of Diapers, I offer an insight into the many reasons why. Despite my grandchildren’s strengths, their Fetal Alcohol Syndrome caused severe behavioral issues. Issues that eventually overwhelmed my parenting abilities resulting in a breakdown of the family unit I fought so hard to maintain. Two Decades of Diapers gives the reader a glimpse into my hopes, fears, dreams, challenges and celebrations while coping with my grandchildren’s mental illness.
Two Decades Of Diapers eBook Barbara Studham
Ms. Studham, a first time memoir writer, has hit this one out of the park! From the very beginning when she described her sexual abuse through her heart-wrenching trials and tribulations with her children and grandchildren, I couldn't help but feel sorry for her...want to reach out and hug her...and give her the praise for her strength that she so duly deserves. Coping with drug and alcohol addiction is brutal on the addict, but as family, you want to help and you want to lock them away to try and exorcise their demons. In reality, the only person who can correct the problem is the addict. Barbara succinctly and clearly told her story of raising her grandchildren who suffer from Fetal Alcohol Syndrome in a way that brings tears to your eyes, a hurt in your heart and an overwhelming desire to somehow give her the respite she so deserves. Your grandchildren are truly blessed that you are the major support system in their lives. My hat goes off to you and I hope you will continue writing!Product details
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Two Decades Of Diapers eBook Barbara Studham Reviews
When you’re a victim of child sexual abuse, as I was, it’s startling to read another person’s memoir and find it disturbs you more than your own story, especially when it’s based on a different kind of horror fetal alcohol syndrome. But that’s how I felt reading Barbara Studham’s “Two Decades of Diapers”.
Knowing Barbara personally, I was aware of some details of her life, but I wasn’t prepared for what I read in this book. I came away not only feeling very sorry for what she has had to live with for 20 years, but also incredibly impressed by her strength. Barbara’s courage and stamina reminds me of that rather funny adage a woman is like a tea bag she doesn’t know how strong she is until you put her in hot water.
Barbara began steeping in hot water when she decided to adopt her own 15-year-old daughter’s first baby. She went on to adopt another three of the seven children her daughter birthed and left for others to look after. The others went to foster homes and to this day, Barbara has little or no contact with this wayward daughter.
Little did Barbara realize, when she took on the role of being a mother to her 4 grandchildren, how difficult it is to raise and deal with children afflicted with fetal alcohol syndrome. Barbara’s grandchildren were developmentally, socially and mentally challenged. They did things like smearing excrement all over their bedroom walls or setting fires around the house. They forgot things almost as soon as they were told them, lost things, and needed 24 hour supervision. Unmarried, Barbara had no-one to help or relieve her. As a result, now 20 years later, she has become almost a recluse, desperately in need of a break and deserving of some joy.
I’m sure Barbara has found occasional joy in being a grandmother to these children, but from an objective point of view, perhaps the best thing that’s come from all this is her important book, “Two Decades of Diapers”. Barbara has had ample time to reflect on what it’s like to raise FAS children and as much as this book is memoir, it’s also a reference book for others in the same situation. Barbara’s memoir style is conversational, but in the latter part of the book, still in an easy to follow tone, she shares valuable information on all aspects of FAS.
The part of “Two Decades of Diapers” that hit me hardest occurred near the end, where Barbara almost begs relatives, teachers, grocery clerks, mothers and fathers to realize just how hurtful their behaviour and attitudes toward such challenged children are, not just to Barbara, but to the children themselves. These children didn’t deserve the lot life dealt them because their mother chose to drink while they grew inside her. They also don’t deserve what they now endure daily as they grow and cope with life outside the womb.
I could say so much more but I’ll leave it at suggesting you read “Two Decades of Diapers” if fetal alcohol syndrome is something you worry about. This fine book is hard to put down and what you read will stay with you long after you read the last page. Congratulations Barbara Studham on your first memoir. Bravo!
As the parent of 6 adopted foster kids that we are still being given incorrect diagnoses on this book was a wealth of knowledge.
Ms. Studham, a first time memoir writer, has hit this one out of the park! From the very beginning when she described her sexual abuse through her heart-wrenching trials and tribulations with her children and grandchildren, I couldn't help but feel sorry for her...want to reach out and hug her...and give her the praise for her strength that she so duly deserves. Coping with drug and alcohol addiction is brutal on the addict, but as family, you want to help and you want to lock them away to try and exorcise their demons. In reality, the only person who can correct the problem is the addict. Barbara succinctly and clearly told her story of raising her grandchildren who suffer from Fetal Alcohol Syndrome in a way that brings tears to your eyes, a hurt in your heart and an overwhelming desire to somehow give her the respite she so deserves. Your grandchildren are truly blessed that you are the major support system in their lives. My hat goes off to you and I hope you will continue writing!
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