[The Phantom FReeper]

One thing I've found, in doing many physicals on children, is that almost every parent says that their child is very, very smart. This includes the parents of children who are obviously developmentally delayed, and the parents of the children who were never disciplined and taught structure and so never learned to focus their attention on anything for more than 5 seconds.

Something tells me that this is just another way to re-define ill behavior in children, so that it becomes a virtue.

[Tax-chick]

Very interesting - thanks!

[BeAllYouCanBe]

re-define ill behavior in children

My wife is a teacher and today's parents blame all problems on the teacher -- never, never on the kid or the kid's manners.

If your kid is having a problem in school then blaming it on the teacher robs your kid of an important life lesson in coping skills. If your kid can't cope with -- unfair grading and unfair treatment in dicipline they won't get far in the working world.