'What happened to your legs?'
From: J Weekly - Parenting for the Perplexed - 02/05/2015
By: Rachel Biale

Rachel Biale, MSW, is a Berkeley-based parenting consultant who has been
working with parents of very young children for more than 25 years.

Question: I was walking with my 5-year-old son in San Francisco. As we
approached a man in a wheelchair, my son called out at the top of his voice
(and let me tell you, he can project!), "Daddy, what's wrong with the man's
legs?" I was so embarrassed. I pulled him to my side (OK, I yanked his arm a
bit) and said: "Shush, don't say that!" The man in the wheelchair turned
around and drove away from us. I know I didn't react well, but what's an
appropriate response in this instance and, more generally, when kids ask
bluntly about people with disabilities? - San Francisco Dad

Read Rachel's reponse at:
http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/73813/parenting-for-the-perplexed-what-happened-to-your-legs/