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Just got back from visiting my son at his Residential Treatment Center (RTC)
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<blockquote data-quote="Copabanana" data-source="post: 686605" data-attributes="member: 18958"><p>Yes. This may be true for most. Darkwing who has recently joined us, seems to me an exception. If this site had more D C kids participating and we were able to hear from them directly we might learn that more of them were like Darkwing.</p><p></p><p>SWOT, genetics in human beings is not a superhighway. It is like a grid. There are always influences from outside, choice points--that is to say, genetics act in interaction with environment and choice points.</p><p></p><p>When kids (and adults) begin to act badly, it is not always or in the main, genetics. To encourage parents to believe that unchanging and unchangeable genetic influences are most likely at work in their children, is to unnecessarily cut off hope for many. If I had believed that genetic influences in my child had caused his suffering and limitations, I would have suffered unnecessarily. My son is changing as he matures. I believe he is very much like me. Why do you seem to want to take that belief away from me? Why go to the worst possible case?</p><p>This is one way to change. Of course, acknowledging one's part of things is always helpful but people change in relationships of all sorts, not just therapy. Actually, I think therapy is not necessarily the most powerful change agent.</p><p></p><p>And of late somatic therapies have been identified that do not employ insight, hard-work or determination--or even a therapist. My son has used exercise, and supplements and diet to deal with his mood, anxiety and self-control. I would not have believed it possible but after reading about it I am finding lots of confirmation.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Copabanana, post: 686605, member: 18958"] Yes. This may be true for most. Darkwing who has recently joined us, seems to me an exception. If this site had more D C kids participating and we were able to hear from them directly we might learn that more of them were like Darkwing. SWOT, genetics in human beings is not a superhighway. It is like a grid. There are always influences from outside, choice points--that is to say, genetics act in interaction with environment and choice points. When kids (and adults) begin to act badly, it is not always or in the main, genetics. To encourage parents to believe that unchanging and unchangeable genetic influences are most likely at work in their children, is to unnecessarily cut off hope for many. If I had believed that genetic influences in my child had caused his suffering and limitations, I would have suffered unnecessarily. My son is changing as he matures. I believe he is very much like me. Why do you seem to want to take that belief away from me? Why go to the worst possible case? This is one way to change. Of course, acknowledging one's part of things is always helpful but people change in relationships of all sorts, not just therapy. Actually, I think therapy is not necessarily the most powerful change agent. And of late somatic therapies have been identified that do not employ insight, hard-work or determination--or even a therapist. My son has used exercise, and supplements and diet to deal with his mood, anxiety and self-control. I would not have believed it possible but after reading about it I am finding lots of confirmation. [/QUOTE]
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