Stringer_Bell
02-15-2011, 08:48 PM
http://moms.today.com/_news/2011/02/15/6058506-6-year-old-committed-to-psych-ward-against-moms-wishes?gt1=43001
In 6-year-old Jack Dorman's case, he drew a violent picture and wrote that he wanted to die. Syndi Dorman says her son suffers from separation anxiety and was having a rough time because her husband was in the midst of being deployed to Iraq. She says she told school officials she would get him to a therapist that day, but they said it was out of her hands and an ambulance was already on its way.It's an interesting write up if you take a minute to read it. I have some questions myself, but I agree with the school's position. One of the comments on the story that I agree with:
School systems today have before/after care for kids dropped off very early and have to stay very late, free breakfast, lunch, and snacks for those who are don't get fed at home, nurses, psychologists, psychiatrists, police. If society requires this much "parenting" from our public school systems, then don't complain when they take initiative if they feel a child is in danger. If we don't want this to happen again, then we need to be responsible for our own children and stop making the schools do it for us.
Obviously, there's the issue of pre-existing psychological problems with the boy (for which he was NOT recieving help at the time of the incident), but the psych professionals had to act because there's no telling what is really going on with the boy. In my limited experience, without knowing what the psychologists found, seperation anxiety sounds like the least of the boy's problems. There's a lot of comments about "stupid schools don't understand military families" and "omg, government takeover" and "i'd sue them all their monies!"...but at the end of the day, these policies are not secret and suing isn't going to get any of those greedy fucks anything. /end rant
In 6-year-old Jack Dorman's case, he drew a violent picture and wrote that he wanted to die. Syndi Dorman says her son suffers from separation anxiety and was having a rough time because her husband was in the midst of being deployed to Iraq. She says she told school officials she would get him to a therapist that day, but they said it was out of her hands and an ambulance was already on its way.It's an interesting write up if you take a minute to read it. I have some questions myself, but I agree with the school's position. One of the comments on the story that I agree with:
School systems today have before/after care for kids dropped off very early and have to stay very late, free breakfast, lunch, and snacks for those who are don't get fed at home, nurses, psychologists, psychiatrists, police. If society requires this much "parenting" from our public school systems, then don't complain when they take initiative if they feel a child is in danger. If we don't want this to happen again, then we need to be responsible for our own children and stop making the schools do it for us.
Obviously, there's the issue of pre-existing psychological problems with the boy (for which he was NOT recieving help at the time of the incident), but the psych professionals had to act because there's no telling what is really going on with the boy. In my limited experience, without knowing what the psychologists found, seperation anxiety sounds like the least of the boy's problems. There's a lot of comments about "stupid schools don't understand military families" and "omg, government takeover" and "i'd sue them all their monies!"...but at the end of the day, these policies are not secret and suing isn't going to get any of those greedy fucks anything. /end rant