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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am personally really tired of the PDA forums that advocate for taking away all demand and unschooling. I need to understand how to help my PDA kid thrive in a world where demand is reality. I can't have someone who will grow up to sit on the couch all day[/quote]

It’s not just PDA but there’s a pervasive idea that homeschooling and such is the answer to any difficulties in school. It’s some kind of idea that school is oppressive and kids shouldn’t be forced to “mask.”

I’ve seen that have really sad impact on one child I know. When my kid was having a really tough behavioral period, we were consulting with a mental professional who seemed dead set on viewing him as unable to be mainstreamed and proclaiming school was “unsafe” for him. I got a really creepy vibe from it all because prior to her everyone had always been on the same page about keeping him in school and getting him back into the classroom after any sort of incident. Under that influence I did start pulling him from school or asking for him to be kept out of triggering situations, and everything went dramatically downhill. We ended up getting rid of that therapist and the next school year was MUCH better at a school that was unfazed and focused on keeping kids in school (subject to appropriate discipline.)[/quote]

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