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ngdawg · 12-23-2007, 09:59 AM

So, what was boys' excuse before video games?
Like Ustwo, I was a bad student, given to bouts of daydreaming, wandering off(figuratively and literally-I'd walk out of class, signing myself out on the bathroom chart). Imagine the surprise of several teachers and the principal when my IQ test revealed a higher than average score....yea, girls do it all too. But I could write stories like no one's business from first grade on.

I had to take my son to counselling after an altercation in 4th grade in which he beat another kid over the head with his lunchbag-this after months of bullying.
An ADD "test" was given and Daniel matched all ten markers. Ritalin was suggested at almost every session and I said "No drugs. He has to learn behaviors, not mask them." I have friends whose boys were put on that crap and, according to protocol, taken off it at 18 and they became violent, unable to control urges and landed in jail.

We have become a nation of blame. It's video games, it's tv, it's green grass, whatever....whatever happen to consequence? Discipline? Learning how to get on in this world, whether being taught only by the parents(whom I blame for most of this angst) or seeking outside help like I did?

Your son's not living up to his potential? So drug him? How about giving him the tools to foster his talents? Allowing some choice so he learns what happens when he makes the wrong one? Talking to the kid?

Yea, I'm so out of touch with the "real" problem....

I won't even glance at books and articles such as these because they're bullshit. They blame everything but what should be blamed. Parents that are afraid of parenting.

12-23-2007, 09:59 AM	#30 (permalink)
ngdawg peekaboo Location: on the back, bitch	So, what was boys' excuse before video games? Like Ustwo, I was a bad student, given to bouts of daydreaming, wandering off(figuratively and literally-I'd walk out of class, signing myself out on the bathroom chart). Imagine the surprise of several teachers and the principal when my IQ test revealed a higher than average score....yea, girls do it all too. But I could write stories like no one's business from first grade on. I had to take my son to counselling after an altercation in 4th grade in which he beat another kid over the head with his lunchbag-this after months of bullying. An ADD "test" was given and Daniel matched all ten markers. Ritalin was suggested at almost every session and I said "No drugs. He has to learn behaviors, not mask them." I have friends whose boys were put on that crap and, according to protocol, taken off it at 18 and they became violent, unable to control urges and landed in jail. We have become a nation of blame. It's video games, it's tv, it's green grass, whatever....whatever happen to consequence? Discipline? Learning how to get on in this world, whether being taught only by the parents(whom I blame for most of this angst) or seeking outside help like I did? Your son's not living up to his potential? So drug him? How about giving him the tools to foster his talents? Allowing some choice so he learns what happens when he makes the wrong one? Talking to the kid? Yea, I'm so out of touch with the "real" problem.... I won't even glance at books and articles such as these because they're bullshit. They blame everything but what should be blamed. Parents that are afraid of parenting.