I heard a woman tell a story recently about her experience at a Wal-Mart. She has 6 children, (at the time all ranging in age from 7 years down to infant-age.)
One day, she had to take her children to Wal-Mart to get work done on her minivan. (she actually takes them shopping by herself all the time...not sure how she does it, but anyhow...) She had the youngest in the baby carrier in the cart, and the others were all walking along-side the cart. Her oldest DS, (age 7) has a chemical imbalance, which causes some pretty severe behavioral issues. He is medicated for it, and usually does really well. But on this particular day, I'm not sure if he missed a dose, or his dosage was just off for some reason. But he started having a fit in the middle of Wal-Mart. He was kicking and screaming and throwing things at his brothers and sisters. She quickly restrained him (when he has these fits, she has to physically restrain him, arms and legs, to keep him from hurting himself and others. SO you can imagine that it's not a pretty sight.)
She was already in tears, because she knew that she needed to get her children out of there. But because she had to hold her son, and the others were too small to carry the baby, she was stuck.
Well, folks just walked on by, some hissing at her, some just shaking their heads in digust. But one woman actually had the nerve to walk by, stop for an instant, and say loudly "SOME parents just need to learn proper discipline!"
So FINALLY a Wal-Mart employee came to her side and asked if she needed help. She asked the employee to check to make sure the van was ready, and to please help her get the children out of the store.
I cannot imagine already having that feeling of helplessness, and then to have idiots stare and sneer at you like you're some sort of monster or circus act!!
She said that from that day on, if her DS's meds aren't all properly balanced, they stay home!!!
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, yes, that is true esp. for lil
loooking after my health needs. 
