HIV Children

No i do not think I would be scared to rock and cuddle HIV positive children. After all you do not get HIV by touching positive people. I think it is highly unlikely that I would get infected by doing this.

personally i guess if I know how HIV is transmitted, I will do it. Since i know that it cannot be passed through touch alone. Of course your kids might be worried that there might be accidents. And that from a cut on the kids blood might come into contact with you, and you might have cut from scratches or something. but if we are careful, I'm sure the incidence of passing the virus is very low. And these children really really need some love. It's so lovely of you to want to do this.

I can see from reading through the responses to this discussion that you are comfortable with the idea of close contact with HIV+ children and that you know that you cannot become infected with the virus through this type of contact. The issue seems to be the opinions of your grown children. It may be difficult to go against the advice of close family members, but I would do just that. Your grown children seem to need some further education about HIV, and I'm sure that the local hospital would be glad to provide that. Why not ask your children to become involved in the program also? The stigma surrounding those infected with HIV stems from fear of the disease. The best way to eliminate that fear is through education about the disease. Knowledge of the facts will go a long way.

I'm not really sure if I can do it. But I think with regard to the disease, there is really no problem at all because it's STD so there is no way to contract the disease.

I'm sure the hospital has safety precautions in place for any volunteers. You can't catch HIV from holding a baby. It's not airborne. I wouldn't have been afraid. Those poor things are starting life with a strike against them as it is.