"I'm fed up of them blaming their bad behavior on some condition they have", my twelve year old granddaughter said to Mrs Two earlier this week. Such is modern life. The views expressed in my posts are not necessarily mine.
If a rhetorical question… apologies but… Label hunting exists so that some parents can blame something or someone else for what are often poor parenting choices/decisions. A label can absolve them from any responsibility while generating attention (something they seem to crave), sympathy and allowances/benefits from the government… MoH
And following on from the above posts, those shall way say swinging the lead take up some/many of the limited resources available for the genuine cases.
I remember as a kid, probably saying I didn’t like Aislet or tongue or some other offal, and got a reply similar to, in my words, Don’t eat it then but you will get **** all else, and we were scared off coppers, and teachers and our parents, not because they beat us, but because it was instilled in us that they knew best, compare and contrast with today. Todays kids fear no one because their parents are arseholes.
perhaps try to stay away from the personal Try to stay away from the unnecessary ad hominems. People are allowed to have opposing opinions. Or at least, they used to be able to. Nowadays, I am not so sure this is possible anymore… MoH
Never heard of Arfid before today but there are that many syndromes, conditions and problems that I have never encountered as an adult and certainly not as a child, it's hard to keep up.
I think the only thing that seems to be on the decrease these days is personal responsibility and accountability
Isn’t Arfid Picky eating? Read my first line, eat this or starve was the mantra when I was you, never got asked what we wanted for tea, and we ate it at the speed of light to get back outside to play block or footy, I live in Thorngumbald and you never see kids out playing, all inside eating crisps and playing video games or watching porn on their iPhones, I blame the parents
Unnecessary ad hominem??? Gtf. I’m passionate about the subject both on a personal and professional level. Balkan and Steverico both spouting nonsense about a subject that they both admit they know nothing about. It’s a heartbreaking condition both for the children and their families.
No Arfid is not picky eating But don’t let facts get in your way. Not sure what the rest of your rant has to do with it.
Back in my day Soldiers with ptsd were sometimes shot for being cowards None of this namby pamby mental health stuff
Children’s mental health is incredibly important but label-hunting for conditions and syndromes is something some (key word some, not all or most before anyone jumps down my throat) parents do to deflect from what is actually a behaviour problem and/or lack of boundaries at home. Unfortunately, not every parent acts in good faith with this sort of thing. They are a minority but in my experience at work, they tend to be the most trouble to deal with and hostile to schools. I’ve dealt with some parents who are that delusional they think their child is incapable of lying or doing anything wrong ever, even if we have proof to the contrary. Imagine thinking teenagers can’t or don’t lie ffs haha. Some people just act in bad faith and blaming the ‘system’ as an abstract instead of admitting the former helps nobody.
I know you’re being deliberately objectionable, presumable due to some undiagnosed or unlabelled fetish, but the obvious reason you didn’t see children with some of the things you so pathetically labeled is they were kept away in institutions. But you know that. It wasn’t until the 60’s that it even started to be recognised that autistic children could be educated rather than simply locked away, and much later for that to be implemented. Maybe there are also more autistic children now, and if there is I don’t know why. If you do I suggest you publish your research to help everyone. Non-verbal for example isn’t a ‘benefits label’, and doesn’t mean any benefits are available either, it is simply a way to describe someone who is unable to speak. Not sure what better was there would be of describing how my Grandson was for many years, but the label would be irrelevant. He was unable to speak until much, much, later than most children, and having a common way of saying that to clinicians simply saved time. I await your hilarious response with indifference.
Sorry about the lad den and hope he’s doing better I do wonder, I’m sure some **** will jump down my throat, if the food we eat is causing some of these things and I don’t just mean maccies or greggs sausage rolls All our food that’s grown now The **** we fertilise it with etc No idea on the then and now stats as Kalman says there are parents who push for a diagnosis to absolve themself of blame and also get a car with a diagnosis And there are others who struggle along with no support I have a friend who’s son is in his mid 30’s now They didn’t get any help until he was 14 Severe autism He didn’t sleep apart from cat naps of an hour every few hours When I heard about it I couldn’t believe what they had to do to get support and how many years they fought for it
I think that's a nailed on certainty...also wouldn't rule out any of the jabs or anything else there given as a child. One things for sure somethings changed and not for the better ?
