Death, Sex & Money - When We Sent Our Son Away
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4.2 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 20 February 2019
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
Diane Gill Morris moved her whole family, including her two young adult sons who have autism, into a house she thought they'd live in forever. Then one of her sons had a violent outburst, throwing everything into question.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, it's Anna. In this episode, we talk about suicide and suicidal ideation. If you're struggling or just need to talk to someone, please call the National Suicide Prevention Hotline at 1-800-273-8255. |
| 0:17.6 | When your kids are little and they're acting inappropriately, you can put your foot down. |
| 0:23.5 | You say, no, we're not, you know, we're not doing this. This is not happening. |
| 0:26.7 | When your kid is as big as you are and totally willing and able to hurt you, putting your foot down doesn't really help. |
| 0:39.7 | This is death, sex, and money. |
| 0:43.0 | Why do people have to die? |
| 0:44.9 | The show from WNYC about the things we think about a lot. |
| 0:48.4 | Oh, you don't have a boyfriend. Oh, okay. |
| 0:51.4 | And need to talk about more. |
| 0:53.3 | I go paycheck to paycheck for my whole life. I'm Anna Sale. Oh, okay. And need to talk about more. I go paycheck to paycheck for my whole life. |
| 0:56.4 | I'm Anna Sale. |
| 1:00.2 | When I think about parenting, I think about Diane Gill Morris. |
| 1:04.9 | I first interviewed her three years ago about the ways being a mother has not been at all what she imagined. Both her sons have autism. |
| 1:13.8 | They have limited language ability and have support workers who help them with daily tasks at home. |
| 1:19.5 | When we first spoke, Diane was thinking a lot about how parenting would work as her kids got older. |
| 1:25.0 | I don't know that there's going to be a place for them when they're adults. |
| 1:29.3 | I mean, that still has to be my priority as a mother, no matter how old they are. |
| 1:33.4 | Or how old you are. |
| 1:34.5 | No matter how old I am, yes. |
| 1:37.1 | The hard part is just accepting that this is quite conceivably the rest of my life. |
| 1:45.0 | We just re-released that episode yesterday. |
| 1:47.5 | If you haven't heard it yet, go back and listen. |
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