{"id":66499,"date":"2015-07-13T18:39:57","date_gmt":"2015-07-13T22:39:57","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=66499"},"modified":"2016-09-05T16:53:08","modified_gmt":"2016-09-05T20:53:08","slug":"father-child-syndrome-kids-love-us-love-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/father-child-syndrome-kids-love-us-love-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Father of child with Down syndrome: These kids love us until we love them back"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>Ninety percent\u00a0of babies who test positive for Down syndrome in the womb are tragically aborted.<\/p>\n<p>One father\u00a0of a living child with Down syndrome,\u00a0Dr. Thomas\u00a0Elkins, said the following:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>We look at our child, Jenny, who has Down\u2019s syndrome, and see our own limitedness. She shows us love even when we, at first, were not totally accepting of her. These kids love us until we begin to love them back. And by loving them, we learn whole new definition of love \u2013 something very akin to grace.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>In our country, we have been very much aware of physical attributes and their importance in being successful. But with a child like Jenny, we learned that love is deeper. It\u2019s love because of the personal qualities of that child and because of something of the spirit of God that\u2019s within that child \u2013 what we term personhood.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Harold Smith \u201cA Legacy of Life\u201d <em>Christianity Today<\/em>, January 18, 1985<\/p>\n<p>Quoted in: F LaGard Smith <em>When Choice Becomes God<\/em> (Eugene, Oregon: Harvest House Publishers, 1990)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ninety percent\u00a0of babies who test positive for Down syndrome in the womb are tragically aborted. One father\u00a0of a living child with Down syndrome,\u00a0Dr. Thomas\u00a0Elkins, said the following: We look at our child, Jenny, who has Down\u2019s syndrome, and see our own limitedness. 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