Wojtek Sokolowski wrote:
>
> Marta, please spare us that tripe. The fact of the matter is that today
> you cannot control unruly children without risking being accused of child
> abuse (which unlike criminal charges do not require any "due process" to be
> followed by investigating agencies, a mere report can result in a child
> ending up in a foster care).
>
> So if the brat that happens to be your child throws repeated tantrums, say,
> because you did not buy him what his peers have, you have basically two
> choices:
>
> (1) sending the brat to a boot camp (if you can afford the $2,000 -$6,000
> per month tuition), or
> (2) medicate him (most insurance plans cover prescription drugs).
>
> Now, if you are, say, a single parent with a "hyperactive" (i.e.
> out-of-control) child, which option would you be able to afford?
>
> Thank goddess for drugs - without them mental asylums and prisons would
> thrive.
>
> Wojtek
-- Marta Russell author, Los Angeles, CA http://disweb.org/ Beyond Ramps: Disability at the End of the Social Contract http://www.commoncouragepress.com/russell_ramps.html