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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 242458" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>Interesting website. As to are we short-changing our nation's children? Of course we are. They can't vote. And so many of us have SEEN the barriers to getting almost any kind of help for our kids, even neurotypical kids. It costs me more to see a psychologist or social worker than it does to see a developmental pediatrician or psychiatrist even if the psychiatrist or dev pediatrician runs lab test out the kazoo. </p><p></p><p>And the limits on how long a child can stay in most phosps are ridiculous. Kids are supposed to be "fixed" or "stabilized" on medications (that can take 6 weeks to work) after a 3 to 5 day hospital stay. And the 15 minute "family therapy" session is supposed to teach us parents how we are doing it wrong and how to do it right.</p><p></p><p>Kids are being incredibly short-changed in our country. Look at our schools. Limits on the amt of paper a teacher can use for copies that are 1 ream of paper a YEAR for ALL the classes the teacher teaches! One school my dad taught in actually limited the amt of TOILET PAPER to one regular size roll per stall per day. There were 10 girls stalls in this school of 500 students! I know my dad actually bought TP and kept a couple of rolls for the kids to take to the bathroom with them, even though it meant many more kids went to the bathroom during his class than during other classes.</p><p></p><p>I think short changed is an understatement.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 242458, member: 1233"] Interesting website. As to are we short-changing our nation's children? Of course we are. They can't vote. And so many of us have SEEN the barriers to getting almost any kind of help for our kids, even neurotypical kids. It costs me more to see a psychologist or social worker than it does to see a developmental pediatrician or psychiatrist even if the psychiatrist or dev pediatrician runs lab test out the kazoo. And the limits on how long a child can stay in most phosps are ridiculous. Kids are supposed to be "fixed" or "stabilized" on medications (that can take 6 weeks to work) after a 3 to 5 day hospital stay. And the 15 minute "family therapy" session is supposed to teach us parents how we are doing it wrong and how to do it right. Kids are being incredibly short-changed in our country. Look at our schools. Limits on the amt of paper a teacher can use for copies that are 1 ream of paper a YEAR for ALL the classes the teacher teaches! One school my dad taught in actually limited the amt of TOILET PAPER to one regular size roll per stall per day. There were 10 girls stalls in this school of 500 students! I know my dad actually bought TP and kept a couple of rolls for the kids to take to the bathroom with them, even though it meant many more kids went to the bathroom during his class than during other classes. I think short changed is an understatement. [/QUOTE]
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