When a “not like that” child is born, it seems to parents that the world is collapsing. This is exactly what Valentina Laszlotsky experienced when she heard the words of the doctor: “Your son has Down syndrome.” Now her son Imre is already 22 years old, he received a professional education and enjoys working as a gardener at the zoo, as he dreamed of since childhood.
When a “not like that” child is born, it seems to parents that the world is collapsing. This is exactly what Valentina Laszlotsky experienced when she heard the words of the doctor: “Your son has Down syndrome.” Now her son Imre is already 22 years old, he received a professional education and enjoys working as a gardener at the zoo, as he dreamed of since childhood. Recalling her mother’s experience and reflecting on it, Valentina Laszlotski writes that it was Imre who taught his loved ones to love, enjoy the simplest things and accept each other with all their peculiarities and shortcomings. This sincere book helps us, the readers, to lift the burden of high expectations from our children and love them for who they are.
Terevinf, 200 p.