Replies to '07/11 What’s Up, Doc?'

I am the mother of the boys that were on the show.  I want to thank everyone for all the support and understanding and to the rest, well, I hope you NEVER have to go through this.  I really do not see myself as a lazy person, overwhelmed yes, lazy no!  What you judgmental people are failing to realize is that Doug and I have the same idea of bathroom protocol as do all of you.  That is what makes this even more frustrating.  We don't understand how they can be this way either but we love them with all our hearts and needed to keep searching to try and resolve the problem.  Going on national TV and talking about this was probably the hardest thing I will ever do but if it was a way to get help and maybe even help others,  we decided to take the chance.  If it was only so simple as making them do the laundry we would have had this fixed years ago.  Been there done that, still do that!  They do clean up the messes but could you honestly say as a mother and keeper of the house, that you could just walk passed it until it was picked up by one of them?  I think you probably are a bit miss-lead about the messes anyway.  What happens is the BM gets dry and will fall out the leg of the pants.  They don't squat in my kitchen and take a dump!  My oldest son took much offense to the "mentally challenged" comment.  It just so happens that he gets mostly A's, all his teachers tell us at conferences that they would want a whole classroom of him because he is so well behaved and polite.  He is on his way to achieving Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts not an easy task.  My nine year old is also in advanced math and has a vocabulary that is probably more advanced than a lot of you.  They are great kids and I guess I would rather deal with this as embarrassing as it is than have to worry that they are out getting into trouble or making fun of others!  So you tell me how to balance what I know as normal bathroom behavior and trying to keep my children protected from those who don't understand or tolerate?  We have tried many, many things to turn this around.  Let me ask you this, how many of you parents could give enemas to you child as he or she is scared and screaming?  Have you ever had one?  They are not pleasant as an adult imagine being a kid!  You see this affects so many aspects of your life and you will never understand unless you live through it and again, I hope you don't!