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[Magoo541]

Being "pig headed " is a "disorder" now ? 
WTF ?
That used to be treated with a kick in the ass.

Unfortunately when we moved 5 years ago he went to live with his grandparent who didn't want to put a boot in his butt until it was too late.  The fights between him and his sisters were getting more physical and they needed to be seperated before dad lost it. 

I was against it but I was the only one out of the 5 of us that were involved.  It may have saved our relationship, he still looks up to me and seeks my approval, but we'll never know what could have been.

[fightingquaker13]

He should keep trying if that is what he wants to do.  Has he considered SeaBees?  If he's already working construction and if he doesn't mind it...(Go Navy)  

Not making light of the situation, but I'm glad I joined before they had a "disorder" named for being a PITA  Sometimes I think they are trying to make everybody have a mental condition.

Really not all that funny. A French philosopher named Michael Foucault wrote a book called "Discipline and Punish'. The summary was that in modern society power is maintained by defining the desired behavior as being "normal" and those that don't fit in are defined by "experts" as  being delinquent, diseased or deviant. He proved his point by writing histories of prisons, asylums, schools and of sexuality. These were areas where the "normal" and "deviant" were defined and policed. Be a stubborn kid? We have a classification for you, one that will brand you and delegitimize you, and by doing so strengthen the ones in charge. Its scary stuff, but it rings very true. Its social control that operates through classification and internal policing. We define our nature by trying to force ourselves into the "normal" mode. In essence we become our own jailers. All too true.
FQ13

[Magoo541]

Really not all that funny. A French philosopher named Michael Foucault wrote a book called "Discipline and Punish'. The summary was that in modern society power is maintained by defining the desired behavior as being "normal" and those that don't fit in are defined by "experts" as  being delinquent, diseased or deviant. He proved his point by writing histories of prisons, asylums, schools and of sexuality. These were areas where the "normal" and "deviant" were defined and policed. Be a stubborn kid? We have a classification for you, one that will brand you and delegitimize you, and by doing so strengthen the ones in charge. Its scary stuff, but it rings very true. Its social control that operates through classification and internal policing. We define our nature by trying to force ourselves into the "normal" mode. In essence we become our own jailers. All too true.
FQ13

My son's second grade teacher was a long time class mate and I asked her opinion of the ADD/ADHD wave.  She said it was concocted by a bunch of people that never had sons.  She had two at the time and saw him as just one of the boys.  Was he a handful?  Sure, but so were my two brothers and I and we turned out okay.  Well... my youngest brother is a preacher but the other two of us are fine

[Timothy]

My son's second grade teacher was a long time class mate and I asked her opinion of the ADD/ADHD wave.  She said it was concocted by a bunch of people that never had sons.  She had two at the time and saw him as just one of the boys.  Was he a handful?  Sure, but so were my two brothers and I and we turned out okay.  Well... my youngest brother is a preacher but the other two of us are fine

I had a teacher try and convince us that my daughter, a 2nd or 3rd grader, needed medications.  I told the teacher and Principle in no uncertain terms that that was NOT going to happen.  Either figure out a way to teach my child or get replaced!  I'd work four jobs to pay for private schools.

My daughter is now nearly 27 and managing accounts at a local bank.  She graduated from a public school system!

She also has her CCW...