35. Each child is unique in this world so is each family having its own strengths and weaknesses to face the challenges from time to time. Most of the parents and other family members naturally do start worrying about the future of the mentally retarded child, feel sad or depressed at various stages of child's life, the social life of the family gets affected, they may like to keep themselves aloof from other and indulge less in recreational or leisure activities. Some families face rejection or neglect from the family members, friends or relatives and hence the interpersonal relationships get strained leading to loss of support. Some generally the mother may give up their jobs leading to greater financial strains, fathers may seek out jobs or transfers at places where services for such children are available. The effects however vary from family to family depending upon the quality and quantity of emotional, financial physical support available, degree of child's handicap and his age, and whether the child has additional problems such as physical disability or behaviour problems.