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Why don't French kids have ADHD?
Topic Started: Jul 13 2015, 09:00 AM (392 Views)
Mikhailoh
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Very interesting article.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/suffer-the-children/201203/why-french-kids-dont-have-adhd
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brenda
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..............
Have read similar articles. Makes sense.
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Mikhailoh
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Does to me too. The problem is children's behavior is inconvenient for some people.
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Copper
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And spanking, when used judiciously, is not considered child abuse in France.


Monsters!
The Confederate soldier was peculiar in that he was ever ready to fight, but never ready to submit to the routine duty and discipline of the camp or the march. The soldiers were determined to be soldiers after their own notions, and do their duty, for the love of it, as they thought best. Carlton McCarthy
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Mikhailoh
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Credibility breeds discipline.
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sue
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yep, makes sense. I see more and more kids with no boundaries; easy to see how that messes them up.
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Wim
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The real problem is "the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders or DSM". This medical guide is very much disputed in Europe: in Belgium and France it is regarded as highly untrustworthy...

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Mikhailoh
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As I think it should be in this case.
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Larry
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Like many people, I have always believed that what passes for child rearing today (no boundaries, no spanking, etc) is the reason for so many kids who act out.

Another thing they're doing that is damaging kids today is this silly notion that it's bad to make them compete with each other.

Bull.

My first wife's cousin had twins who were "ADHD". She wouldn't make them mind, and they just ran loose like a couple of wild injuns (did I just say that? :D ) .... except when they came to my house. When they came to my house, they sat quietly, acted polite, and didn't get into anything. The reason: The first time they came to my house, after three attempts to get her to stop her kids from running loose and destroying the furniture, I busted their asses right in front of her and told them if they so much as blinked one more time I would take them out into the front yard and tie them to a tree. After that, any time I was around, they were just as sweet as could be.

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John D'Oh
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Giving them red wine and Brie instead of that bright orange sh!t the Americans call cheese sauce also helps.
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John D'Oh
Jul 13 2015, 12:00 PM
Giving them red wine and Brie instead of that bright orange sh!t the Americans call cheese sauce also helps.
:thumb:

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Larry
Jul 13 2015, 11:49 AM

Another thing they're doing that is damaging kids today is this silly notion that it's bad to make them compete with each other.

From today's Post

Amazing

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/the-new-trend-in-validating-top-students-make-them-all-valedictorians/2015/07/12/d9a1ba76-2033-11e5-aeb9-a411a84c9d55_story.html

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The new trend in validating top students: Make them all valedictorians

The top student in a high school’s graduating class used to earn the honor of being the valedictorian, and traditionally that one student delivered a commencement speech that helped send his or her classmates out into the adult world.

But at Arlington’s Washington-Lee High School this year, there were 117 valedictorians out of a class of 457. At Long Beach Polytechnic in California, there were 30. And at some schools — including North Hills High outside of Pittsburgh and high schools in Miami — there were none.

The nation’s high schools are changing the way they recognize top students, struggling to balance praise for them while also quelling unhealthy competition among classmates as the college application process grows more cutthroat.

The result? Some say schools have deflated the meaning of a well-earned and time-honored accolade while also vexing college admissions officers, who don’t know if a student finished first or 100th in the class. Others say getting rid of valedictorians entirely allows students to focus on their achievements without worrying about where they fall in the pecking order.

“Education’s not a game. It’s not about ‘I finished first and you finished second,’ ” said North Hills Superintendent Patrick J. Mannarino, who was the North Hills High principal when the school got rid of the valedictorian designation in 2009. “That high school diploma declares you all winners.”

Long Beach Polytechnic designates all students who earn straight A’s valedictorians, even though some students can have higher grade-point averages from taking Advanced Placement courses.

Julia Jaynes, 17, who shared the valedictorian title with 29 others, said that if her school chose only one, it would destroy collegiality among her classmates. “If everyone wants to be the best, I feel like there’d be less collaboration,” she said. “It makes it so you’re only out for yourself.”


The Confederate soldier was peculiar in that he was ever ready to fight, but never ready to submit to the routine duty and discipline of the camp or the march. The soldiers were determined to be soldiers after their own notions, and do their duty, for the love of it, as they thought best. Carlton McCarthy
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Wim
Jul 13 2015, 11:30 AM
The real problem is "the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders or DSM". This medical guide is very much disputed in Europe: in Belgium and France it is regarded as highly untrustworthy...

Wim
Hi Wim,

Could you elaborate on that a bit? I've been highly skeptical of of the DSM's additions in the past few years—I think "extended bereavement" or some such B.S. is in there now. What do psychologists and psychiatrists in Belgium and France use as their guide, and how does it differ?
I cite irreconcilable differences.
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Make them all valedictorians
A positive step towards fulfilling the American promise that every child can grow up to become President! :thumb: :thumb:
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Jul 13 2015, 02:26 PM
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Make them all valedictorians
A positive step towards fulfilling the American promise that every child can grow up to become President! :thumb: :thumb:

There is a difference between every child can and every child will.

Some are second stringers, sorry, but some are.
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sue
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John D'Oh
Jul 13 2015, 12:00 PM
Giving them red wine and Brie instead of that bright orange sh!t the Americans call cheese sauce also helps.
certainly improves my state of mind
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sue
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HOLY CARP!!!
Copper
Jul 13 2015, 01:17 PM
Larry
Jul 13 2015, 11:49 AM

Another thing they're doing that is damaging kids today is this silly notion that it's bad to make them compete with each other.

From today's Post

Amazing

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/the-new-trend-in-validating-top-students-make-them-all-valedictorians/2015/07/12/d9a1ba76-2033-11e5-aeb9-a411a84c9d55_story.html

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The new trend in validating top students: Make them all valedictorians

The top student in a high school’s graduating class used to earn the honor of being the valedictorian, and traditionally that one student delivered a commencement speech that helped send his or her classmates out into the adult world.

But at Arlington’s Washington-Lee High School this year, there were 117 valedictorians out of a class of 457. At Long Beach Polytechnic in California, there were 30. And at some schools — including North Hills High outside of Pittsburgh and high schools in Miami — there were none.

The nation’s high schools are changing the way they recognize top students, struggling to balance praise for them while also quelling unhealthy competition among classmates as the college application process grows more cutthroat.

The result? Some say schools have deflated the meaning of a well-earned and time-honored accolade while also vexing college admissions officers, who don’t know if a student finished first or 100th in the class. Others say getting rid of valedictorians entirely allows students to focus on their achievements without worrying about where they fall in the pecking order.

“Education’s not a game. It’s not about ‘I finished first and you finished second,’ ” said North Hills Superintendent Patrick J. Mannarino, who was the North Hills High principal when the school got rid of the valedictorian designation in 2009. “That high school diploma declares you all winners.”

Long Beach Polytechnic designates all students who earn straight A’s valedictorians, even though some students can have higher grade-point averages from taking Advanced Placement courses.

Julia Jaynes, 17, who shared the valedictorian title with 29 others, said that if her school chose only one, it would destroy collegiality among her classmates. “If everyone wants to be the best, I feel like there’d be less collaboration,” she said. “It makes it so you’re only out for yourself.”


good god, tell me they don't all make speeches. kids will start dropping out of high school at alarming new rates, just to avoid the graduation ceremonies.
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Finally
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John D'Oh
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At my son's recent graduation ceremony for middle-school they gave out awards to about 80% of the graduating year. I thought this was the worst possible way to do it, since the remaining 20% were really made to feel like losers. You either need to give awards to only those who genuinely excel, or you need to give them out to everyone.
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Larry
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Mmmmmmm, pie!
George K
Jul 13 2015, 02:59 PM
Where's Garrison Keillor when we need him?
Wherever he is, he's boring the living shit out of everyone....
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Larry
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Mmmmmmm, pie!
John D'Oh
Jul 13 2015, 03:41 PM
At my son's recent graduation ceremony for middle-school they gave out awards to about 80% of the graduating year. I thought this was the worst possible way to do it, since the remaining 20% were really made to feel like losers. You either need to give awards to only those who genuinely excel, or you need to give them out to everyone.
FINALLY you say something I can agree with.... :D
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Mikhailoh
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George K
Jul 13 2015, 02:59 PM
Where's Garrison Keillor when we need him?
Hopefully in hell, where all the people are above average - temperature, that is.

His voice is nails on a chalkboard to me.
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They eat too much damn butter.

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Larry
Jul 13 2015, 03:45 PM
George K
Jul 13 2015, 02:59 PM
Where's Garrison Keillor when we need him?
Wherever he is, he's boring the living **** out of everyone....
Agree. Wasted air time.
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