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[quote=Anonymous][b]And for the record, I AM in a position of authority, and I CAN tell the difference between a kid who is legitimately troubled and those who've just been conditioned by weak-ass adults who are afraid of upsetting them. You sound like the latter type. Can I suggest you buck up, learn to parent, and stop coddling so much? You're NOT doing them any favors.[/b]
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It was administrators like you who contribute to the toxic school environment that are causing some of these kids to resort to unhealthy coping mechanisms like self-harm and suicidal ideation.

For years, administrators like you told us we were parenting our kid in the wrong way, that she needed more therapy and that she needed to "suck it up." 
The culture you have has been institutionalized at the school. 
We followed your advice for a couple of years, at the expense of our relationship with our own kid. 
Then we started to listen to our kid.
She needed coddling because even stable environment we had at home wasn't neutralizing what she was experiencing in school. 
And then we moved her to a better environment. 
She is now in a place where administrators do not think like you.  Her old school could not have been any more wrong about all the stuff they recommended. 
She doesn't need therapy anymore because her daily poison was been removed and our relationship with her has improved greatly. 
Best of all, she quit self-harm and suicidal ideation.

Our next door neighbor's kid continue to struggle at the school system that we left.  Kid has been busted for drugs and has been in all sorts of trouble. 
My heart goes out to that kid because he's probably feeling the same way my kid was. 
Our kid might have turned out that way had she not been removed from administrators like you.

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