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When raising a kid demands more than courage

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What is it like to be the mother of a child who constantly needs special care and attention? ROSE KWAMBOKA talks to three mothers who say being in such a situation requires love, patience, time, money and sacrifice.

Parenting is hard work, but for mothers raising children with special needs, the hard work is doubled, sometimes even tripled. The specific challenges these children face shatter all the "a child should be" ideologies that most parents idolise and build their lives around.

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