Replies

My rep is TOTALLY awesome. I was lucky I met her through one of my daughter's teachers (who is sooooo awesome herself).

Perhaps part of what the package needs to include is an education of society....unfortunately mental illness still has a "stigma" attached to it. I hate when people call other people "retarded" because they are acting stupid....or they say "she's sycho" because she reacted poorly to a situation or "he must be bipolar" because he went off on someone.....if they TRULY understood all that, they wouldn't use those terms so loosely.

My daughter is in mainstream schools, when she is not in the hospital...however because of the cruelness of children (which I believe comes from their small minded parents) she feels ostracized much of the time which only furthers her depression. Like I said, she's got a large group of friends...ones she can relate to, that have been outcasted for their own reasons. I keep telling her and all her friends, they are better people for who they are. But, as teenagers, it's hard for them to see.

Have we learned nothing from Columbine or the other school shootings???? It's not gun laws we need, it's teaching children to not be so cruel and small minded to their peers!

you are so right about teaching children NOT to be so cruel. Children seem to be the more cruel ones. I was listening to stories on Montel about how some of these kids had gotten treated with so much cuelty. I've seen it with my own eyes, and I got teased a lot in school. So I know it is a big problem. Is it because parents don't teach their toddlers not to hit, bite, kick or fight with other children? Or is it something that seems that all children go through at a certain age? Most people seem to grow out of it. Or, dah, is it cause as adults "we" move away from those type of people, so we never see whether they grow out of it?

Educating people is always a good thing. But don't expect it to make dramatic changes. Look how long this has existed. Maybe over time (100 years?) it might change things. But, don't forget we are being "told" everyday (by the media in some form - mags, tv, commercials, movies....) that we have to be perfect. "Get breast implants, get liposuction, do away with those wrinkles NOW, what you have no hair, wow... so-n-so does hair-transplants... oh no, you can't be seen with someone over-weight, with no hair...." SEE?

My son had a group of special freinds back in HS (about 8 yrs ago) these were a grp. of good kids with some learning disabilities. i use to take everyone to church now all these years later the "girls" have come back into our life one actually is a CNA who works for us for respite. I never knew they thought of me as a mom.

They tell me I need to lighten up and I say no "girls" that is how I run my ship. Granted my son is an adult and even though I am his primary careprovider he makes all his own choices. I go along with anything to allow him his right to freedom with two rules 1. It's gotta be legal and 2. It cannot interfere with his healthcare. That works.