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<blockquote data-quote="1 Day At a Time" data-source="post: 75995" data-attributes="member: 3704"><p>This article really captured my attention when my Newsweek mag came last Monday. I read it, put it down and completed that process several more times. I just couldn't figure out what I thought of it for some time. After a while I realized that the author's thesis is close to what I have been trying to articulate with difficult child's psychiatrist. He told me that he was somewhat offended when I told him that difficult child's "official diagnosis" didn't really make that much difference to us as long as it opened the doors that needed opening. No matter what his diagnosis, difficult child is still the same mysterious and intruiging guy that keeps us on our toes each and every day! Previous therapists just didn't get difficult child and many have thought that he was just fine , he just needed to be "made" to do things. Jeesh... that kind of "help" made our lives so much more difficult. So, finally having gained the understanding that we have gained - I have very mixed feelings about labels and exactly what is "normal". I believe that this is and will be an ongoing debate for our culture for years to come.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="1 Day At a Time, post: 75995, member: 3704"] This article really captured my attention when my Newsweek mag came last Monday. I read it, put it down and completed that process several more times. I just couldn't figure out what I thought of it for some time. After a while I realized that the author's thesis is close to what I have been trying to articulate with difficult child's psychiatrist. He told me that he was somewhat offended when I told him that difficult child's "official diagnosis" didn't really make that much difference to us as long as it opened the doors that needed opening. No matter what his diagnosis, difficult child is still the same mysterious and intruiging guy that keeps us on our toes each and every day! Previous therapists just didn't get difficult child and many have thought that he was just fine , he just needed to be "made" to do things. Jeesh... that kind of "help" made our lives so much more difficult. So, finally having gained the understanding that we have gained - I have very mixed feelings about labels and exactly what is "normal". I believe that this is and will be an ongoing debate for our culture for years to come. [/QUOTE]
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