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Jun 01, 2006 13:41

My tiny rant yesterday was a reaction to a specific woman on one of my mama boards, and I was too irritated at the time to write anything longer than a few sentences. She said that her daughter's public school was "emotionally abusing" her daughter because they did not provide a service that would be completely unrealistic for them to provide her ( Read more... )

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lillassea June 1 2006, 19:37:55 UTC

I don't have kids myself, but in my limited grasp of the subject, you sound like a truly excellent parent with good boundaries. This woman sounds kinda... well, ridiculous.

katesti June 1 2006, 22:38:53 UTC

DUDE. Rock on. Especially this:

Kids NEED coping skills! It is our job as parents to teach those skills.

I HATED all that "building character" shit when I was a teenager, but I'm so glad my dad refused to coddle me. (My mom did a bit, which I needed, but my dad was mostly a hardass, which was so great.) "No, life is not fair. Yes, that will suck sometimes. Figure out how to deal with it. It's not my job to make sure your life is perfect. The end."

manoosha June 2 2006, 22:27:19 UTC

*slow clap* ITA.

supedujour June 4 2006, 19:08:32 UTC

You don't know me... this post popped up as the "random user" on the MY LJ page.

My child is grown and has given me grandchildren, but trust me when I say that I have seen the evidence of just how right you are. Let's just say that "special needs" are even often a mistake.

ADD? How many kids do you suppose can just "pay attention" at the age of 6? As far as I'm concerned, ADD is a diagnosis thought up by teachers who are too lazy to teach any child who isn't a perfect learning machine, and for parents to absolve themselves of responsibility.

Any child you hand an excuse like that to, will use it for the rest of their lives unless they are rescued by a good slap of reality.

Graet post, Mom.

anislandrose July 19 2006, 13:30:52 UTC

I reciently discovered that the school gets a hefty bonus for teaching ADD kids. (At least in Canadia.) I did not know this and I was told a grand majority of people don't. I was diagnosed ADD, it makes me rather mad to think those fools got money for me!