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<blockquote data-quote="svengandhi" data-source="post: 85306" data-attributes="member: 3493"><p>As the parent of 4 boys and one teenage girl (and teenage girls are ALL psychotic, difficult child or not!), I do not think you are raising a future sociopath.</p><p></p><p>You are in NYC, have you been to the NYU Child Study yet? They are top notch. Perhaps you can get an evaluation there.</p><p></p><p>Your son sounds somewhat like my oldest, who was leadpoisoned and has a result has many Aspie like qualities. He is a HS senior now and we have him in an alternative HS for kids that are essentially gifted underachievers. My son could look at a complex math equation and say x = whatever and be right, but can not for the life of him figure out HOW he got the answer. He as failing Math A all year, just didn't care and was told that if he aced the Regents, he'd pass the class. I got him one tutoring session and he got an 85 (mastery level) and passed for the year! Sounds like your kid is the same, doesn't need or want to do the daily grind but can pull it off when needed. My son has some NonVerbal Learning Disorder (NVLD) traits as well but because of the lead, it is hard to define them. His verbal IQ is higher than his math, though not significantly.</p><p></p><p>My suggestion to you is that you look for a HS where your son will have peers. My son suffered in the regular HS (I am a suburb of NYC with a one size fits all HS) for a year until I sent him to the alternative school. My H said he didn't want him with "freaks" but I pointed out that to the reg ed kids our son was a freak. He is happier now, off medications, fairly compliant for a 17 year old, has his driver's license and is planning to attend community college next fall and then transfer to a 4 year school when he's ready to leave home! I think if we had him in reg HS, he'd be a basket case, suicidal (and I know I would be if I had to fight with him over homework for one more year)and more than likely a drop out by now. Here, he has peers, most of them nice kids who are a little out of the box, a couple with more serious issues but overall I am so thrilled with his school. In NYC, you have more school choice than we in the burbs, so look carefully for a good fit. Start now if you think you want an alternative type school - my son's school does not take kids who are violent or have substance abuse problems, although they do take kids with bipolar and schiz and even take some who use drugs, as long as it's not the drug abuse that has them there.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="svengandhi, post: 85306, member: 3493"] As the parent of 4 boys and one teenage girl (and teenage girls are ALL psychotic, difficult child or not!), I do not think you are raising a future sociopath. You are in NYC, have you been to the NYU Child Study yet? They are top notch. Perhaps you can get an evaluation there. Your son sounds somewhat like my oldest, who was leadpoisoned and has a result has many Aspie like qualities. He is a HS senior now and we have him in an alternative HS for kids that are essentially gifted underachievers. My son could look at a complex math equation and say x = whatever and be right, but can not for the life of him figure out HOW he got the answer. He as failing Math A all year, just didn't care and was told that if he aced the Regents, he'd pass the class. I got him one tutoring session and he got an 85 (mastery level) and passed for the year! Sounds like your kid is the same, doesn't need or want to do the daily grind but can pull it off when needed. My son has some NonVerbal Learning Disorder (NVLD) traits as well but because of the lead, it is hard to define them. His verbal IQ is higher than his math, though not significantly. My suggestion to you is that you look for a HS where your son will have peers. My son suffered in the regular HS (I am a suburb of NYC with a one size fits all HS) for a year until I sent him to the alternative school. My H said he didn't want him with "freaks" but I pointed out that to the reg ed kids our son was a freak. He is happier now, off medications, fairly compliant for a 17 year old, has his driver's license and is planning to attend community college next fall and then transfer to a 4 year school when he's ready to leave home! I think if we had him in reg HS, he'd be a basket case, suicidal (and I know I would be if I had to fight with him over homework for one more year)and more than likely a drop out by now. Here, he has peers, most of them nice kids who are a little out of the box, a couple with more serious issues but overall I am so thrilled with his school. In NYC, you have more school choice than we in the burbs, so look carefully for a good fit. Start now if you think you want an alternative type school - my son's school does not take kids who are violent or have substance abuse problems, although they do take kids with bipolar and schiz and even take some who use drugs, as long as it's not the drug abuse that has them there. [/QUOTE]
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