Kids Taking Care of Their Big Family | Our Lives: Young Carers | Real Families

he unsung, unseen heroes of society, young carers provide emotional and physical care for disabled and sick parents in a complete reversal of the child/parent role.

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[mirandakirk]

My mom is blind and has three children. I am the eldest. I was NEVER made to take care of my siblings, except for of course the occasional date night babysitting or what have you when I was 14 and older. She simply got creative - put different textured stickers and velcro on appliances to tell the buttons apart; arranged the house in a certain way and we all knew not to rearrange it so she knew how to get around safely. She would take taxis to our school functions or have neighbors take us places we needed to go. My mom was the most involved, loving, and attentive parent we could ever ask for.


Blindness is not an excuse for doing this to your children...

[blankspace]

I dont blame the parents for being blind
But i do blame the parents for having 7 children

[florintinasagigi]

Smoking in the house whilst pregnant, baby on the dirty floor sleeping in dirty clothes lord this makes me angry 👎🏾

[GabbyXena]

"We want to prove we can do it." But you're not doing it. Your kids are doing it!

[deborahborne]

These children are not "heroes of society" they are innocent victims of abusive parents

[MC-xdnk]

The mum finishing her cigarette at three months pregnant then stepping over her baby son sleeping on the floor says it all

[ririandlivi]

I just googled them and child services were involved only hours after the show aired.

[ralphjuliesaunders]

Breaks my heart hearing Jenny’s voice break as she said she wished her parents weren’t blind…bc I think blind or sighted they’d be exactly the same. Blind parents take care of their children every day and fight against being seen like these people. Their children are clean, fed, and well cared for…by their PARENTS. They could do more, but it’s easier to pick up a beer and a smoke and wait for the girls to do it all. These people are pathetic.

[Maevae]

The moment I heard she's pregnant again, I lost it.

[poffassholes]

that oldest girl has already cut off her emotions ..trouble ahead

[sarahguillie]

young carer sounds like a fancy name for “child neglect victim”

[priscillafrederick]

That dad are you kidding me can't change a diaperrr..but pour a beer an cigarette..mother smoking with dad just chilling while kids doing all the worrrkk..makes me sicckk

[tinamchale]

Quite frankly the camera crew should be obligated to report this family. The people who clean the house 2 hours a week should be reporting the conditions. This is not ok

[tyeshat]

The poor babies are so dirty, this is a shame, they all should be removed from there care, blindness doesn't equal laziness, these ppl are just lazy

[natwest]

There’s a difference between blind and lazy.

[KatlynG]

I just rocked my 5 year old to sleep because she loves it...that poor little girl being sat down at 3 YEARS OLD and told she needs to be a caregiver is utterly heartbreaking 💔

[QuiltingCrow]

As a disabled parent, I feel somehow offended by those parents.

[candacegaskin-webb]

So, the dad can apparently see well enough to read with a magnifyer, and navigate a scooter through city streets and walk around the city...but cannot take care of the kids? I call lazy parent status here!

[Ilove_drpepper]

We just gonna ignore the fact that the baby was being thrown bread like a duck and was eating it off the floor.

[renewedhope]

Did anyone else find it chilling at how the older sister smiled when she was talking about Jenny attempting suicide? What a sad and tragic situation. 🙁