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<blockquote data-quote="HaoZi" data-source="post: 404178"><p>-Heinlein, <em>Starship Troopers</em></p><p></p><p>Because as the parents it is seen as our duty to raise them to become self-supporting law-abiding citizens. Outsiders don't see the handicaps these kids work with because they're not physical handicaps. A better understanding among the masses would be greatly helpful. No one looks at an obviously handicapped kid in a wheelchair and tells the parents to punish him until he gets up and walks, or that he needs to pull himself up by his bootstraps and work like a man when it is so glaringly obvious that such will never happen in this lifetime. Until there is a better overall understanding of "emotional disabilities" or whatever term you want to put on it, all most people see is a kid that <em>won't</em> behave rather than a kid that <em>can't</em> (or can't always).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HaoZi, post: 404178"] -Heinlein, [I]Starship Troopers[/I] Because as the parents it is seen as our duty to raise them to become self-supporting law-abiding citizens. Outsiders don't see the handicaps these kids work with because they're not physical handicaps. A better understanding among the masses would be greatly helpful. No one looks at an obviously handicapped kid in a wheelchair and tells the parents to punish him until he gets up and walks, or that he needs to pull himself up by his bootstraps and work like a man when it is so glaringly obvious that such will never happen in this lifetime. Until there is a better overall understanding of "emotional disabilities" or whatever term you want to put on it, all most people see is a kid that [I]won't[/I] behave rather than a kid that [I]can't[/I] (or can't always). [/QUOTE]
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