I laughed my way thru dinner last night reading this article. It is so full of insightful paradigms that, with on ounce of sense (or a six-pack) could be easily remedied.
The single mother of two was pulling dawn-to-3-p.m. workdays at an investment management firm to spend more time with her children, who were coping with a recent move as well as their parents' tense separation.
:duh:
This was strange: Davis had not been disruptive at his previous Montessori school. Nevertheless, Crowe hired a child-development expert to evaluate her son, who told her that though Davis needed help expressing his frustration in words, he otherwise was a typically rowdy little boy.
Lemme see, oh, there it is....HE'S 3 you fucktards.
The nation's toddlers haven't become gum-snapping thugs. And preschool teachers say they aren't evicting instead of instructing. In fact, their jobs may be tougher than ever as the number of students enrolled in special-education programs has risen 30% over the past 10 years, the National Education Association says.
The same timeframe as the real estate
bubble?
The toll can be great on parents and kids alike, Lerner says. "When you're essentially told you have a demon child, you feel like you've failed yourself and your kid."
Clearly, parents and educators are grappling with often unprecedented hurdles in their mutual quest to socialize the nation's newest crop of toddlers.
Parents and teachers agree it's crucial to distinguish between typical toddler behavior (the occasional bite or push) and extraordinary displays of anger, a distinction made with greatest precision at schools with mental-health experts waiting to help. "The reciprocal blame between parents and child care providers helps no one, least of all the children," says Kadija Johnston, a pioneering force in getting preschools to not give up on students who act out. "Being expelled at 4 just leaves you with a rejected sense of self."
Oh good, government mental health experts. When they're done, they can return to thier job at FEMA. BTW, being expelled at 4 hurts nobody, save the parents.
As director of the University of California-San Francisco's Infant-Parent Program, Johnston has spent two decades sending mental-health experts to about 40 Bay Area schools with the goal of keeping problem kids in class. She says the Yale study "just confirmed what we know, and we hope the masses are now duly concerned."
Be afraid. Be very very afraid.
PAY ATTENTION!!!!
Kyle was diagnosed with sensory integration dysfunction, "which meant he had trouble filtering out distractions," DeNigris says.
You're three year old now has a dysfunction. It used to be called HE'S THREE YOU FUCKTARD!!!!!
But opting out of a preschool isn't always an easy choice, especially in large cities where preschools often have waiting lists.
Oh hell no.
MUST HAVE BEEMER. MUST HAVE BEEMER
The two are doing fine in local public schools after being evaluated through Child Find, a federally funded early-intervention program.
Be afraid. Be very very afraid.
she was frustrated that the center "only seemed to be able to deal with the traditional child."
Be afraid.
At the second preschool, Katelyn's anger flashed again. But this time Artibee was referred to KEEP (Keeping Early Education Positive), part of the Michigan Childhood Expulsion Prevention Program.
Fuck afraid, run now, while you still can.
The program sent a specialist to observe Katelyn at school. Soon she was diagnosed with an auditory dyslexia that makes it difficult for her to follow directions in sequence. Now on a regimen of drugs, Katelyn successfully is navigating first grade.
You mean she's a... :gasp: a KID?!?!?!?!
But some school administrators say parents shouldn't be left to shoulder all the responsibility when it comes to helping preschoolers find their scholastic legs.
Where's my gun?
USA Today Amuse yourself at the helplessness & idiocy of todays parents. God help us all.
