My hackles get raised by people that claim ADD doesn't exist or that its a means for parents to shirk their responsibility. Not that it isn't over-diagnosed, but the underlying attitude here is not uncommon.
okay...I realized after a few minutes that I probably responded with more of a knee jerk reaction than was necessary. For context, I was checking LJ and saw this during a break from writing a 10 page paper on ADD and my experience with it. I was primed for a hostile reaction to anything ADD related.
yeah, I got the joke. Its just got a lot of the underlying attitudes that are prevalent in discussions with people that think ADD is fabricated for parents to strong-arm their children.
Like I said, my head is too deep in the subject to have run across that at the moment. I had a knee jerk reaction which I probably wouldn't have had at another time.
We have found the only effective boundaries with attention challenged youngsters are literal ones, so we keep a clearly defined line around their enclosures, and strictly enforce them. This may include the fun-barb you may notice lining our perimeter, or the not-so-deep moat filled with noxious oil we use as a camp boundary just beyond the razor wire.
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asenathwaite
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Date: 2008-06-01 06:45 pm (UTC)My hackles get raised by people that claim ADD doesn't exist or that its a means for parents to shirk their responsibility. Not that it isn't over-diagnosed, but the underlying attitude here is not uncommon.
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Date: 2008-06-01 06:48 pm (UTC)I need to take a walk.
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Date: 2008-06-01 08:14 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-06-01 06:51 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-06-01 06:54 pm (UTC)Like I said, my head is too deep in the subject to have run across that at the moment. I had a knee jerk reaction which I probably wouldn't have had at another time.
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Date: 2008-06-01 06:50 pm (UTC)This is my totally serious face.
Date: 2008-06-01 08:13 pm (UTC)Re: This is my totally serious face.
Date: 2008-06-01 08:18 pm (UTC)Re: This is my totally serious face.
Date: 2008-06-01 10:49 pm (UTC)Re: This is my totally serious face.
Date: 2008-06-02 12:55 am (UTC)Re: This is my totally serious face.
Date: 2008-06-02 12:55 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-06-01 07:07 pm (UTC)Dude, it HAS to be a joke. o___O
-- A <3
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Date: 2008-06-01 08:12 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-06-01 10:42 pm (UTC)