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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I found your post quite hard to follow.  But if this is about somebody else's family, you really have to stay out of it.  You can give your opinion if it is asked, but don't go talking to other people about it.

FWIW, I don't think kids that age would feel there's something wrong with them if they are taken to a psychiatrist/psychologist.  Especially if it is presented well to the child. The stigma is more amongst our generation and older.  Going now might be a lot easier than starting as a teenager.[/quote]

I, too, found your post difficult to follow.

I don't know why you would feel strongly about this or think this was a stupid idea.  The child has a medical diagnosis of ADHD and it sounds like her parents are appropriately handling it.  I think they should be commended, not have their judgment questions by someone who has no rational reason for doing so and is conflating disorders. Why in the world would you think this is a 'bad, bad idea'?   You act as though ADHD and seeing a psychiatrist is something horrible.  They're not and your behavior perpetuates the stigma.  You have no idea what the girl is struggling with - and just because she's, happy, unmedicated and working at grade level now doesn't mean she isn't being affected in a negative manner by the ADHD.  Before you have any other discussion with the father, I suggest you learn something about ADHD.  Just because you have it doesn't mean you aren't woefully ignorant about it.  You owe your friend a huge, huge apology.[/quote]

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