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<blockquote data-quote="Malika" data-source="post: 458785" data-attributes="member: 11227"><p>I think your post is skirting with the tongue in cheek, Keista, but to take it at face value, I think in all fairness we cannot say that ADHD is extremely rare in France. There is quite a bit of literature on it in French now and a quick look on the net gave statistics of between 2 to 5 per cent. of all French children being affected (I have often seen the figure of 5 per cent. in relation to the UK and the US). Part of the phenomenon here also is that J is in a VILLAGE school. This means that children here are and always have been from a very small community in which everyone knows everyone else and the way of life is completely homogenous. This is probably a big socialising factor in itself. That said, the real world enters even here... the teacher told me before the summer that "we are even going to have a black child here in the autumn!" and on the first day of school I met her parents - a black woman and white (very nice) man, both French, who have come to live in the village. </p><p>It's easy to caricature French life and village life as being hopelessly insular and retrograde, but as always the truth is more complex. Since people here basically have never had immigrants living among them, they are regarded more as interesting curiosities than unwelcome threats. I have never felt anyone but my immediate neighbours harbours any kind of racist thoughts towards J. here. My being English is probably more problematic <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> </p><p>I agree, Insane, that labels are something of a distraction. Unfortunately, I think it is right that until I have some rubber-stamped official diagnosis of ADHD, J is going to be seen more as a turbulent little boy who is somehow naturally naughty and in need of discipline (despite the fact that it never "works") I think the teacher has had the success she has had with J basically because she has been affectionate towards him, despite her severity.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Malika, post: 458785, member: 11227"] I think your post is skirting with the tongue in cheek, Keista, but to take it at face value, I think in all fairness we cannot say that ADHD is extremely rare in France. There is quite a bit of literature on it in French now and a quick look on the net gave statistics of between 2 to 5 per cent. of all French children being affected (I have often seen the figure of 5 per cent. in relation to the UK and the US). Part of the phenomenon here also is that J is in a VILLAGE school. This means that children here are and always have been from a very small community in which everyone knows everyone else and the way of life is completely homogenous. This is probably a big socialising factor in itself. That said, the real world enters even here... the teacher told me before the summer that "we are even going to have a black child here in the autumn!" and on the first day of school I met her parents - a black woman and white (very nice) man, both French, who have come to live in the village. It's easy to caricature French life and village life as being hopelessly insular and retrograde, but as always the truth is more complex. Since people here basically have never had immigrants living among them, they are regarded more as interesting curiosities than unwelcome threats. I have never felt anyone but my immediate neighbours harbours any kind of racist thoughts towards J. here. My being English is probably more problematic :) I agree, Insane, that labels are something of a distraction. Unfortunately, I think it is right that until I have some rubber-stamped official diagnosis of ADHD, J is going to be seen more as a turbulent little boy who is somehow naturally naughty and in need of discipline (despite the fact that it never "works") I think the teacher has had the success she has had with J basically because she has been affectionate towards him, despite her severity. [/QUOTE]
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