My 8 year old asked me "If you had to lose 1 sense, what would it be?" I couldn't answer and he said "I'd lose touch because Nik is completely paralyzed from the shoulders down and he can still see, hear, smell and taste, yet he's happy." I still couldn't answer but that's because I had a lump in my throat. What sense would you choose to lose if you had to? And do kids with disabled parents grow up with a different perspective on what's a good life? Nik's 8 year old son strokes his dad's face instead of cuddling him as it's the only place he knows he can feel. My son once said I was lucky to be in a wheelchair and when asked why, he replied "Well, at least it hides your bum so no one can see if its big or not!!!!" LOL Perfect answer or what?????
2006-09-02 00:03:32 · 14 answers · asked by Pixxxie 4 in Family & Relationships ➔ Family
I would lose my sense of smell - I would still be able to taste the smell of a flower!!!
Ur little one sounds adorable! bless!
2006-09-02 00:06:50 · answer #1 · answered by zebra 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are so blessed to have such a happy and smart little one. You have done a wonderful job of raising him because he has learned how to think and how to have compassion for others. Great Job!! If I had to lose one sense I think it would also be smell because you can still see and feel and taste. It wouldn't be great to lose any sense but I suppose that is the one I'd miss the least. Give that wonderful little boy a big hug.
2006-09-02 00:28:34 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't even want to throw a suggestion of what sense I would not mind losing as any lose would be hard. I have a friend who has no sense of taste or smell and that seems an annoyance.
You sound like you have a wonderful family and typical of all young kids - they are fabulous with all the things they say!
My daughter asked me the other day was I around with the dinosaurs - I said no. She then said were dinosaurs around even before nannies?! I had to stop myself laughing....
According to my daughter (only 5) when you die your bones stay in the coffin and your skin goes to heaven!!
2006-09-02 00:12:40 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He sounds like a sweetie. I think kids with disabled parents grow up with an ability to see past the physical, and really see someone for who they are. To them, disability is just something that exists, it isn't negative. I am a wheelchair user, with 2 master's degrees and am sick of people always talking to me like I'm stupid. I'm sure your son wouldn't do that. You've done a great job. And the bum thing, that is so great! I never thought of it like that. I've always thought mine was a bit big but when you sit on it all day you're glad of the extra padding!
2006-09-02 00:30:35 · answer #4 · answered by big_fat_goth 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i would say--touch.
because you can still smell and taste what you cant touch.
i think kids learn to cope with their environment whatever that is.
look at the ones that deal with poverty, hunger, an alcholic parent, or one that gambles all the money away.
and they even cope with being hit and abused all the time. kids are resilent. and a parent that cant walk, or see them; they love them and work around it as they grow up.
and with this they do learn what EXACTLY is a good life to have.
not just posessions or a great job. but what kind of person they can be on the inside.
even though parents could have "disabilities" , they are taught how to handle themselves with that. and turn it into a good thing.
2006-09-02 00:24:41 · answer #5 · answered by cats3inhouse 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is a difficult question since all the senses are inter-related. I suppose losing the sense of taste would be my choice. I would never want to lose my sight or hearing.
2006-09-02 00:10:32 · answer #6 · answered by bobaa 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People who lose one sense often exagerate the others to make up for it. yours is a very touching story, if I was to have to choose a sense to loose, I think I would have to choose sight. Sight is made up in your mind of a light signal from your eyes combined with information from your other senses to create a perception of what is there. With the actual lose of sight, your mind would still create a picture- less the bad things.
2006-09-02 00:11:17 · answer #7 · answered by Anarchy99 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Helen Keller was once asked if she could chose between seeing, hearing and talking, what would she pick? Her answer was she would pick to hear. In thinking about that, I can understand why she would of chose to hear. Her world was not only dark but totally silent.
2006-09-02 00:57:54 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think children with disabled parents can have more compassion as they can understand that they have an ability that the parent is lacking,
i would also chose smell , cos there are so many cars emitting fumes on my road it stops me from smelling the flowers in my garden...
2006-09-02 00:19:51 · answer #9 · answered by rachel m 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-11 19:32:16 · answer #10 · answered by forgach 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋