Children aren't 'bad' anymore, just afflicted

"PF Riley" wrote in message
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On Tue, 29 Jul 2003 22:25:04 GMT, "JG" wrote:

Children aren't 'bad' anymore, just afflicted
http://www.post-gazette.com/lifestyl...fe0722fnp7.asp

Tuesday, July 22, 2003

By Betsy Hart

A former White House spokesperson now mass-media commentator.

....whose insights/comments really get your goat, eh, PF? Hehehe.
Enjoy a couple more of her columns that I've posted as separate threads.

JG

"JG" wrote in message
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I must have some sort of DISORDER, huh?

Just remember that you were the one that said it.

"PF Riley" wrote in message
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On Wed, 30 Jul 2003 21:17:09 GMT, "JG" wrote:

Of course there are no longer any dumb as dirt, er, "underachieving"
kids; if Johnny can't add 2 and 2 together and get 4, it's simply
because he has "Mathematics Disorder."

Wrong again, as usual. Perhaps you could get some experience in child
psychiatry before spouting off about it from your armchair. There are
plenty of children who, when all is said and done, are found simply
not to be very smart but who do not have any psychiatric disorder
otherwise.

Of course there are! (That was my point, PF. I was being sarcastic.)

I have a few children in my practice to whose parents I would really
like to say, "While I appreciate your perseverance in attempting to
obtain a different diagnosis for your child, I must tell you that he
really does not have autism or Asperger's disorder. The fact is: He's
just a dummy. And I can't fix that."

Hahaha! (Not being sarcastic.) There've been plenty of times I've
wanted to say similar stuff to the parents of some of the kids with whom
I've worked, particularly the mother of one neat kid who's utterly
charming but has no interest in, and little ability, when it comes to
schoolwork (any subject). She KNOWS (well, I think she knows) he has
some pretty serious problems (not the least of which is regularly
falling asleep in class), but she's bound and determined that he go to
college (with a full-time aide/"assistant" provided by the college) for
"the experience."

JG

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