I was watching the Today show yesterday, and I witnessed the comments made by a very delusional mom, who believes her son's anger is something society should handle with 'kid gloves', and not something HE should be made responsible for. The kicker? The kid is 8. According to her statements, he has been tested extensively and shows no medical or mental condition. He even goes to therapy at least once a week, but even with all this clinical intervention, has a history of behavioral problems in school. I am no rocket scientist, but shouldn't this be a clue? A BIG clue?
My favorite moment is when she goes on to say how he doesn't have these problem in other social settings like playing sports and babysitters, in a desperate attempt to demonstrate that the problem is with the school versus her son. Sounds to me like he has a problem with being told NO! (and with respecting authority). She even goes on to say later on that the problem only surfaces when he has 'unstructured' activities or time within the school day, and then has to shift to 'structured' ones. I wonder why that is? Maybe because he can't do whatever he wants?
Now, this is NOT the first incident where the kid became violent in school. During this particular incident, the kid was holding a stick he was using as a weapon, and by his own admission states he was attempting to sharpen it in order to fend off the school officials. He made it very clear he wanted to hurt the teachers. Even on the TV interview he never wavered in this opinion, but of course, this is not HIS fault...no! It's the police's fault for not being more gentle with him *eye roll*. Is this woman dumb enough to not be able to figure out that maybe the police were cutting her son a break the first couple of times? But, since he seems to be as dim-witted as she is, he evidently mistook the officers' "kindness" for "weakness", and they rightfully responded by taking it to the next level?
Well, without further ado, here they are:
I just love how the mom kept using the word crisis. This was NOT a crisis. Using that term over-glorifies the situation to a ridiculous extreme. This was a kid having a temper tantrum.
I just wonder how long will it be until it is discovered that young Aidan has matured into a career criminal or sociopath? The really tragic part is this misguided mother is NOT doing her kid any favors by enabling his bad behavior. Best of all scenarios, he will be able to turn his life around later on, most likely, after he is separated from 'mumsy'. Wouldn't it be nice if Child Protection Services actually got this one right and gave this poor kid a fighting chance at a productive life?
My favorite moment is when she goes on to say how he doesn't have these problem in other social settings like playing sports and babysitters, in a desperate attempt to demonstrate that the problem is with the school versus her son. Sounds to me like he has a problem with being told NO! (and with respecting authority). She even goes on to say later on that the problem only surfaces when he has 'unstructured' activities or time within the school day, and then has to shift to 'structured' ones. I wonder why that is? Maybe because he can't do whatever he wants?
Now, this is NOT the first incident where the kid became violent in school. During this particular incident, the kid was holding a stick he was using as a weapon, and by his own admission states he was attempting to sharpen it in order to fend off the school officials. He made it very clear he wanted to hurt the teachers. Even on the TV interview he never wavered in this opinion, but of course, this is not HIS fault...no! It's the police's fault for not being more gentle with him *eye roll*. Is this woman dumb enough to not be able to figure out that maybe the police were cutting her son a break the first couple of times? But, since he seems to be as dim-witted as she is, he evidently mistook the officers' "kindness" for "weakness", and they rightfully responded by taking it to the next level?
Well, without further ado, here they are:
I just love how the mom kept using the word crisis. This was NOT a crisis. Using that term over-glorifies the situation to a ridiculous extreme. This was a kid having a temper tantrum.
I just wonder how long will it be until it is discovered that young Aidan has matured into a career criminal or sociopath? The really tragic part is this misguided mother is NOT doing her kid any favors by enabling his bad behavior. Best of all scenarios, he will be able to turn his life around later on, most likely, after he is separated from 'mumsy'. Wouldn't it be nice if Child Protection Services actually got this one right and gave this poor kid a fighting chance at a productive life?
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