Best-Kept-Secret Career: Child Life Specialist

First of all, may i say, your ego needs to be brought down a WHOLE BUNCH of levels. You seem to think you know everything there is to know about this profession and children. I bet you don't have the slightest idea what you're supposed to do for a child when they have a traumatic memory [or circumstance]suddenly hit them and they become diconnected from the world (even if it may be temporary), lost, scared, and in some cases the child can and will freak out. Sometimes, causing harm to themselves or others. Now, if a child is facing a tremendous amount of stress, fear and uncertainty (more than most adults have/will experience) do you have ALL the necessary skills to calm that child, to really help them, (not just to your standards) to make it so they really are at ease? I highly doubt it unless you have an extensive record in working with children in these areas.

Also, you are making the same arguments over and over. Perhaps you should just shut up already considering all but one person is against you, and almost every other comment on here has some valid contradiction to your same few arguments. You may volunteer with the children, make them happy and all that and that's awsome. That is awsome that you have a passion for that. However, i get the sense that your hostility maybe comes from the fact that you can't do it the way the specialists can. You may be able to help that much for a handful of children, but what about the ones who are getting surgery because they've been abused. or they were in a traumatic accident, or the children who just turned 6 or 7, are just starting school and making friends and suddenly end up in a big scary hospital being told they have to go into a big machine for this or get their arm ampuated or chemo therapy!!! You are an ignorant, rude, un uninformed human being that really needs an attitude adjustment and maybe a kick in the {metaphorical} testicles to reduce your level of... pride, ego, whatever you want to call it.

sam of CO 12:21AM August 27, 2011