Harvard Psychiatrist: How Trump's Speech Was Toxic For Boy Scouts Beyond 'Rhetoric

Commonhealth ^ | July 28, 2017 Updated July 31, 2017 8:56 AM | Dr. Gene Beresin

[jmcenanly]

"A Scout is Trustworthy, Loyal, Helpful, Friendly, Courteous, Kind, Obedient, Cheerful, Thrifty, Brave, Clean, and Reverent."

– 12 Points of the Boy Scout Law

The head of the Boy Scouts of America publicly apologized Thursday for the "political rhetoric" in President Trump's keynote speech at the scouts' Jamboree, saying that "We sincerely regret that politics were inserted into the Scouting program" and affirming Scout values that include "fairness, courage, honor and respect for others."

The carefully worded statement suggests that the Scout leadership heard loud and clear the complaints from parents who were offended by a speech that sounded much like one of Trump's campaign rallies: slogans, promotion of a political agenda, cutting remarks about his opponents.

But as a senior child and adolescent psychiatrist and advocate for healthy youth development, I'm concerned that the leadership may still not get just how bad this speech was for the tens of thousands of Scouts who heard it, cheered it, chanted "We love Trump!" I feel a professional obligation to share my understanding of the risks this kind of "political rhetoric" poses for our children.

[jmcenanly]

Obama gave speeches that were just as inflammatory to his chosen audiences, and these same psychiatrists didn't say anything

[rightwingcrazy]

“Harvard Psychiatrist: How Trump’s Speech Was Toxic”

Nothing that participation in a Gay Pride parade can’t fix.

[x1stcav]

>as a senior child and adolescent psychiatrist and advocate for healthy youth development,<

Uh, what exactly is one of these critters?

I get it...another ‘expert’.

[Pravious]

I feel a professional obligation to share my understanding of the risks this kind of “political rhetoric” poses for our children.

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I bet this “expert” has no problem with the “everyone’s important!” “save our planet!” and “practice tolerance!” crap that’s force-fed our kids every day in every public school.

[ExTexasRedhead]

Brainwashed Liberals are the problem; one of the major problems we have today. Liberalism is a MENTAL DISEASE proof positive.

[TigerClaws]

Seven more years of the leftists in constant meltdown mode.

Will be fun to watch.

How about the psychological damage by parents telling them their living in a fascist racist police state... that they may be gender fluid.... that white people are evil... that they need psychiatric meds as kids the long range effects of which have never been tested....

[Sacajaweau]

So all you young boys who cheered for President Trump and Country...Darn you need to be put into a camp run by Dems till you clap only when told to.

[kingu]

The National Boy Scouts of America has zero care of the opinions of parents. There’s no surveys handed out to families to poll their opinions. They respond only to their corporate donor masters and follow their every whim no matter how silly.

As for the opinions of a hack, well, what a shocker. If Trump had made a speech on topics the hack agreed with, not a word of damnation would be spoken.

[Buckeye McFrog]

“Parents” were not offended. A few activist nutjobs who are in the being offended business were offended.

[Jim Noble]

Meet Dr. Beresin:

"He has consulted to various television shows and co-produced a parenting resource website for abcnews.com. He was script consultant, expert, and actor in PBS’ Brains on Trial in 2013, and blogs regularly for the Clay Center, the Huffington Post, and Psychology Today."

[a fool in paradise]

Does this Hahvahd psych prof gobble LSD too?

[siberianheat]

You can bet your bottom dollar these same experts are going to come out screaming when Trump’s face shows up painted hugely on the walls of an elementary school gym, or students are taught to sing ooh-ooh-ooh-Donald-J-Trump. Cuz they sure cried foul when those things happened to the last president.

Oh, wait.

[freedumb2003]

Hey shrink, how about this for damaging?

Or this?

We didn't see shrinks climbing out of the woodwork protecting these tender young minds from obvious child abuse and brainwashing!

[allendale]

Doubt very few if any parents did complain. However major corporate politically correct, anti Trump donors who sit on the Boy Scouts board probably again threatened to withhold donations unless an apology was made. They used the same financial tactic to force the Boy scouts to accommodate homosexual troop leaders. Boy Scouts of America headquarters employs over two hundred people. Without the corporate donors,they don’t get paid.

[Stormdog]

“>as a senior child and adolescent psychiatrist and advocate for healthy youth development,<

Uh, what exactly is one of these critters?

I get it...another ‘expert’.”

or perv

[Freedom4US]

LOL!

What a wanker, he can EABODs. The assembled crowd of scouts cheered loudly, they LOVED the speech. I wouldn’t trust that guy as far as I can throw him, can just tell by lookin’ at him.

[real saxophonist]

He probably prescribes Ritalin to every kid he sees.

[wbill]

I just talked to a scout who was there. He said that the news has it mostly wrong (no surprise), that he enjoyed it, and that the scouts around him enjoyed it as well.

[Bringbackthedraft]

LOL, yeah right, it sounded like 1934, “Heil Jugend!”. s/

[Puppage]

I don't recall the professor's writtings on this: