Parents face all sorts of challenges in raising children, but when the child is critically ill, they really need their parents with them. In fact, many hospitals encourage overnight stays by the parents. It's not just medical care they need; they need comfort and assistance, the security of knowing their parents are with them as they face all sorts of things, such as testing with these big machines that can scare children. We also know that having parental support often helps their recovery significantly because the child is more secure.
We wanted to make sure that children have that advantage, and that the parents, in providing that care, are able to do so without having to worry about true financial hardship to support them through these difficult times.
It's the same with parents of murdered or missing children. This can be so very time-consuming, apart from being terribly traumatic for them. We wanted to make sure that, again, they could focus on the needs of their families and holding the rest of their family together.
Too often these kinds of stresses rip apart a family. We wanted to make sure they have one less thing to worry about, as they deal with these terrible circumstances.