How would your parenting style and approach to discipline change if your kid / teen had a health issue?

If for example you had a teenage daughter (17) with Hodgkin's (a type of cancer like 99% of the people who have it survive, but still sucks) which required horrible IV chemo twice a month (and btw, she's very needle phobic so that sucks even more!) and taking chemo by pill every single day that is now making her have to miss dance and the things she loves and forcing her to spend half her life sitting at home bored out of her mind, wouldn't you back off and give her more slack when she did actually feel awesome and well enough to do things and let her stay out longer for things like Halloween? Would you still ground a girl that has been through hell for relatively minor things like curfew? Bear in mind that lots of times she can't even go out anymore, so it's like she's grounded for life, and so when she does feel well enough to go out, she wants to stay out longer, which you would think a parent would understand. I'm just curious.How would your parenting style and approach to discipline change if your kid / teen had a health issue?
A child is a child no matter what their aliments are. If they dont have a set of rules and consequences to go by, then how are they going to be productive adults(god willing they make it). My daughters suffer from kidney diseas and chronic asthma. Their life is a struggle every day. but they still have chores, they still have responsibility. there are many other people in this world that are sick and dont get special treatment.



No matter what the disease is im sure it is hard. Ask my daughtersHow would your parenting style and approach to discipline change if your kid / teen had a health issue?
I know this 15yr old girl, she has diabiets really bad, and is in the hospital all the time from either 400-500 blood sugar to being way to low, and her mom is WAY to easy on her about everything, this girl is a total brat because her mom feels really bad for her so she doesnt get grounded, she back talks constantly and shows disrespect to everyone including her parents and our pastor (and our pastor has done several good things for her, and she still treats him like he owes her something).

She believes the world owes her everything because she has diabeties, and her mom treats her like a fragile piece of artwork.

I do get it, she is sick, and has to take insulin every day but she shouldnt be allowed to act like that..



So my answer is disipline should always be the same becuse if she gives you slack, you will walk all over her..



A 17yr old should be able to go out every now and again, and if the 17yr old is grounded maybe let he/she go out for 2-3hrs and if they arent back within that time, never do it again.



I had custody of my nephew for 3yrs (from age 10 to 13yrs old) and he had Hodgkins and he still got punished just like the other kids, and its hard, but if you let them always get slack, then they will know they can get you to say yes t what ever they want to.
I would be more understanding of the kid.
My 26 year old cousin, died two years ago of Hodgkin's decease. It was horrible on her mother, sister and the whole family. She left two young children behind and trust me, as a mother (my aunt), your whole world is turned upside down. It kills you to ';move into a hospital'; when the cancer can't be put in remission anymore. There was nothing that anyone was able to do anymore and the last week of her short life, my aunt, her mother, granted all her ';little wishes';, such as eating things she wasn't even able to swallow to bringing her with her wheelchair, to an amusement park and watch her children ride the ';mary go around';.