Our Society Has a Huge Problem

Raising Heights with Zach & Tori

Zach & Tori Roloff

Kids & Family, Society & Culture, Parenting, Relationships

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 4 July 2024

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Society — especially in the digital age — can be a hurtful place. Today we’re unpacking one of the most damaging questions we’ve received to shine some light on the truth of having children. The question: Why would you bring kids into this world when you knew they might have dwarfism?

Welcome back to Raising Heights with Zach and Tori Roloff. In this episode, we talk about the reality of having kids in today’s world of choices and medical advancement and why you shouldn’t let society dictate whether you choose to grow your family.

Medical challenges, physical and mental differences and obstacles can happen to anyone. That doesn’t make anyone make anyone undeserving of having and growing a family.

Listen to our conversation breaking down:
➡️ The power (and dangers) of medical advancement and choice
➡️ Why society needs to drop the hate and embrace differentness
➡️ Society has a problem, and it’s up to all of us to change perceptions
➡️ Upcoming LPA conference — balancing expectations and why we’re so excited

Transcript

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0:00.0	We have three children that have dwarfism that we chose to bring into this world.
0:05.0	And I can't imagine in what world you live in that you can look at our three kids and be like,
0:11.6	yeah, that wasn't supposed to happen happen I cannot look at my kids and see anything
0:16.7	but the grace of God and the love of Jesus.
0:20.0	Comets will say like why would you bring you know kids with dwarfism in they're going to get
0:23.4	ridiculed and it's like hold on that's not my problem and that's not their problem that's
0:27.5	those people's problems you know that's like I'm not going to bring someone into
0:31.1	this world because of how society is going to treat.
0:34.1	No, then that's a society, educational.
0:36.9	Society needs to change.
0:38.6	I cannot look at my kids and ever think that they were not supposed to be here.
0:42.6	That's just like, that's madness to me.
0:44.7	They're miracles, their blessings, they are my life,
0:47.8	even when parenting is hard,
0:49.4	and even when I feel drained,
0:51.2	I still, at the end of the day, look at my kids and just go thank you Lord for
0:56.2	giving me this life giving me this family and allowing us to do what we do.
1:01.6	Oh yeah. Hey everyone welcome back to another episode of Raising Heights with
1:18.8	Zach and Tori I'm Zach and I'm Tori thanks for being here.
1:23.5	Yeah, yeah.
1:25.9	It is hot today.
1:27.5	It is hot outside and I'm loving it.
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