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<blockquote data-quote="hearts and roses" data-source="post: 114921" data-attributes="member: 2211"><p><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: TerryJ2</div><div class="ubbcode-body">You didn't miss much. The 1st 15 min. were a waste, basically intro stuff.</p><p>I, too, wanted to witness the meltdowns and rages. The one little boy who was struggling with-the container of toys seemed to be having a normal struggle, from what I could see. No one seemed to be able to offer any meltdowns for the camera.</p><p>Maybe the parents didn't want to go through the trauma of it, but if they're going to let a TV crew follow them around for a few days, they may as well do it all. It's just that the lack of real meltdowns made it less convincing for me.</p><p> </div></div></p><p></p><p>Yes, if you're a viewer who has never witnessed or lived with a child during a meltdown, it's very easy to walk away from watching that program thinking that those parents were definitely overmedicating their children or aren't handling their children properly, Know what I mean?? </p><p></p><p>I think that if they wanted to present the true reasons for seeking mental health help for their children show us why so we understand better. I can see why some parent may not want to show their kids in an all out rage attack, but it would have made it easier to understand how a parent can get to her rope's end and seek medical intervention to some degree. That was the part that was missing for me. Thanks Terry</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hearts and roses, post: 114921, member: 2211"] <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: TerryJ2</div><div class="ubbcode-body">You didn't miss much. The 1st 15 min. were a waste, basically intro stuff. I, too, wanted to witness the meltdowns and rages. The one little boy who was struggling with-the container of toys seemed to be having a normal struggle, from what I could see. No one seemed to be able to offer any meltdowns for the camera. Maybe the parents didn't want to go through the trauma of it, but if they're going to let a TV crew follow them around for a few days, they may as well do it all. It's just that the lack of real meltdowns made it less convincing for me. </div></div> Yes, if you're a viewer who has never witnessed or lived with a child during a meltdown, it's very easy to walk away from watching that program thinking that those parents were definitely overmedicating their children or aren't handling their children properly, Know what I mean?? I think that if they wanted to present the true reasons for seeking mental health help for their children show us why so we understand better. I can see why some parent may not want to show their kids in an all out rage attack, but it would have made it easier to understand how a parent can get to her rope's end and seek medical intervention to some degree. That was the part that was missing for me. Thanks Terry [/QUOTE]
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