[Zevonismymuse]

The labeling of kids has to stop somewhere and I praise him for bringing this out in the open so we can have dialogue on this subject. Too many parents want to pin a label on the their kids to make them feel better about themselves because they failed as parents.

I completely agree. I spent the first couple of decades of my adult life working in mental health, many years locked psych, then in an out-patient situation. I am also a mother of three now grown adult children. There is indeed a large population of truly ill children, but they are not the majority of the children being diagnosed. Most diagnoses are made via the public school system which has a vested interest in diagnosing as many children as possible for the extra money they receive.

If you have a truly "sick" then you need to seek help and pay for that help. Do not ask me to pay for your problem. If you are nice, and I like the way you live your life I will probably offer to help you.

[seanrobins]

>>>Most diagnoses are made via the public school system which has a vested interest in diagnosing as many children as possible for the extra money they receive.

This is absolutely correct!!!

That’s another great reason to do away with the public screwell system.