As excerpted from: http://www.comeunity.com/disability/cerebral_palsy/mildcp.html.Rene Z. Milner
As a parent who wants her children to be successful at all they try, it is hard to see her struggle to brush her long hair herself. It is very difficult to watch her eat without "reminding" her constantly to close her mouth when chewing, (this isn't bad manners, she literally can't seem to do it) or to take larger bites please! She cannot pour herself a glass of tea or water if the pitcher is near full - it is too heavy for her. She has no real coordination when it comes to PE in school, but she tries and that is all that counts so far. The mild CP diagnosis is hard to live with when your child "appears" normal to most people. Teachers and friends wonder why she isn't able to do many physical tasks as well as she does educational tasks. This is where her self esteem is damaged! It has been a struggle at times to reassure her that not everyone is "coordinated" anyway. For years she hated herself and hated it that she was the one to "get CP".
