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In Reply to: Re: insanity, empathy, character pathology & sin posted by Jules (Julia McNeil) on November 03, 2003 at 17:18:13:
You know, I was on childcare for more than 10 years.
I managed to have a nervous breakdown because of trying to be all of the kid's mommies. This was during the "school vision" and the parents "forsook" their kids to the one-wife schools. My only day-off was on "parent day". I had to get out of the house so I could try to relax. I had to actually pray before going back in because my stomach would be in knots and my allergies would start up. After a year or two I found out I developed a stomach ulcer. I had a bleeding ulcer! Having the stress of taking on the parenting of so many kids who were not my own was just too much. It's not God's plan. The parents hardly knew their kids because they only saw them for parent day and one hour of parent time daily.
Many times I had to watch their kids during those times, too, because of "special sheep or visitors". I was really stressed out. I am still
stressed out when I even see a large group of kids. I tried so hard to love and discipline those kids as if they were my own. It was too much. I wonder if I'll ever really recover from it.
