This mom boldly got real about Down syndrome for all to hopefully learn something with a powerful Facebook message.
Carolina Boudet, the mother of a baby girl born with Down syndrome, shared a thought-provoking status after she noticed how people reacted to her and her daughter. In an effort to address what is and isn't appropriate to ask parents of children with Down syndrome, Carolina made the status public, making it clear that Down syndrome isn't what Louise IS — it's what she HAS. She wrote:
I know that if one does not experience it, one does not think about it, but words do matter. They can comfort and they can hurt. So just give it a thought . . . Keep in your mind that mothers have a tendency to feel guilty about each and every thing, so a surprising extra chromosome . . . I let you guess.
