Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here you go, OP:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/children-with-liberal-parents-more-likely-to-suffer-mental-health-problems-study/ar-AA1kRFiC

The science is settled.

Liberal parents scored the lowest, largely because they are the least likely to successfully discipline their children.

WOW. This is damning. Any libs here going to self-reflect on your political affiliations/parenting problems?

I’m a liberal parent. Both my college kids are ADHD- One ADHD- Tyle Inattentive (a girl) and one Type Hyperactive (a boy). Both parents also ADHD— def. a genetic component. The boy is also partly out to our family as gay. Girl is still in the closet as asexual except to immediate family and favorite aunt. Plus, a couple of her friends know and a couple of mine (I need support from my BFF of 30 years sometimes).

Our family mostly does not know she is asexual. They are ready to support the gay kid— which is great, but we’ve all seen that coming for years. The asexual kid will be a surprise, and they may well deny asexuality exists, tell her she’ll “get better,” etc. if she gains weight (BMI well below 20 and issues with low estrogen may play a role— but for the last 6+ years, this has been her reality) and— most essentially— if s he works hard and doesn’t talk about Ed problems, she can still get and keep a man.

Hyperactive ADHD kid has diagnoses, medication and a support system. He would be counted as receiving mental health treatment no matter who his parents are

Inattentive ADHD kid who identifies as asexual? Her problems get overlooked. And in the family I grew up in? She’s considered a huge success on the grandparents FB feeds, except for the not dating thing. Her diagnoses would not be counted, she would not get therapy. She would be able to mask the ADHD (like I did) until it all fell part. She would be pushed to date a football player. In fact, we have had conservative members in our family that support her brother deny she is ADHD— and say we are lying for the attention, because she has decent grades and has is “so organized” (like painfully so). They also say “fake it till you make it” with boys— otherwise she won’t be marriageable (as I struggle to explain to her why “marriageable” that matters so much to the grandparents, when I it doesn’t matter at all to DH or I. And have started cutting “marriageable” discussions off at the pass.

Our asexual, ADHD-I kid would not have diagnoses in a conservative household and would not be getting academic and psychological supports. But she does in ours. Our willingness to listen to her and get her support and treatment doesn’t make us bad parents. It makes us parents who listen. And we heard loud and clear that this kid probability needs our support to talk to the family about her sexuality and to deal with her weight and with her ADHD as much as or more than the gay kid. Because the level of stress over these issues was so high. Her problems are just quieter.

There is no way this is real. I always knew liberal parents are to blame for how screwed up kids are these days but this is incredible.

Your kids will probably end up killing themselves or shooting up a school.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here you go, OP:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/children-with-liberal-parents-more-likely-to-suffer-mental-health-problems-study/ar-AA1kRFiC

The science is settled.

Liberal parents scored the lowest, largely because they are the least likely to successfully discipline their children.

WOW. This is damning. Any libs here going to self-reflect on your political affiliations/parenting problems?

I’m a liberal parent. Both my college kids are ADHD- One ADHD- Tyle Inattentive (a girl) and one Type Hyperactive (a boy). Both parents also ADHD— def. a genetic component. The boy is also partly out to our family as gay. Girl is still in the closet as asexual except to immediate family and favorite aunt. Plus, a couple of her friends know and a couple of mine (I need support from my BFF of 30 years sometimes).

Our family mostly does not know she is asexual. They are ready to support the gay kid— which is great, but we’ve all seen that coming for years. The asexual kid will be a surprise, and they may well deny asexuality exists, tell her she’ll “get better,” etc. if she gains weight (BMI well below 20 and issues with low estrogen may play a role— but for the last 6+ years, this has been her reality) and— most essentially— if s he works hard and doesn’t talk about Ed problems, she can still get and keep a man.

Hyperactive ADHD kid has diagnoses, medication and a support system. He would be counted as receiving mental health treatment no matter who his parents are

Inattentive ADHD kid who identifies as asexual? Her problems get overlooked. And in the family I grew up in? She’s considered a huge success on the grandparents FB feeds, except for the not dating thing. Her diagnoses would not be counted, she would not get therapy. She would be able to mask the ADHD (like I did) until it all fell part. She would be pushed to date a football player. In fact, we have had conservative members in our family that support her brother deny she is ADHD— and say we are lying for the attention, because she has decent grades and has is “so organized” (like painfully so). They also say “fake it till you make it” with boys— otherwise she won’t be marriageable (as I struggle to explain to her why “marriageable” that matters so much to the grandparents, when I it doesn’t matter at all to DH or I. And have started cutting “marriageable” discussions off at the pass.

Our asexual, ADHD-I kid would not have diagnoses in a conservative household and would not be getting academic and psychological supports. But she does in ours. Our willingness to listen to her and get her support and treatment doesn’t make us bad parents. It makes us parents who listen. And we heard loud and clear that this kid probability needs our support to talk to the family about her sexuality and to deal with her weight and with her ADHD as much as or more than the gay kid. Because the level of stress over these issues was so high. Her problems are just quieter.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Fyi, most psychiatric drugs are dispensed on the basis of self-reported symptoms.

This is true for any kind of drug.

What?!?
No. Most drugs are NOT dispensed in the basis of self reported symptoms.

I'll give you an example: I had a sudden, severe tooth ache on a Friday afternoon. I couldn't get in to the dentist until Monday, so I went to urgent care and they prescribed me some painkillers. I would think most prescriptions are dispensed in a similar fashion.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Fyi, most psychiatric drugs are dispensed on the basis of self-reported symptoms.

This is true for any kind of drug.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Fyi, most psychiatric drugs are dispensed on the basis of self-reported symptoms.

This is true for any kind of drug.

What?!?
No. Most drugs are NOT dispensed in the basis of self reported symptoms.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here you go, OP:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/children-with-liberal-parents-more-likely-to-suffer-mental-health-problems-study/ar-AA1kRFiC

The science is settled.

Liberal parents scored the lowest, largely because they are the least likely to successfully discipline their children.

WOW. This is damning. Any libs here going to self-reflect on your political affiliations/parenting problems?

I’m a liberal parent. Both my college kids are ADHD- One ADHD- Tyle Inattentive (a girl) and one Type Hyperactive (a boy). Both parents also ADHD— def. a genetic component. The boy is also partly out to our family as gay. Girl is still in the closet as asexual except to immediate family and favorite aunt. Plus, a couple of her friends know and a couple of mine (I need support from my BFF of 30 years sometimes).

Our family mostly does not know she is asexual. They are ready to support the gay kid— which is great, but we’ve all seen that coming for years. The asexual kid will be a surprise, and they may well deny asexuality exists, tell her she’ll “get better,” etc. if she gains weight (BMI well below 20 and issues with low estrogen may play a role— but for the last 6+ years, this has been her reality) and— most essentially— if s he works hard and doesn’t talk about Ed problems, she can still get and keep a man.

Hyperactive ADHD kid has diagnoses, medication and a support system. He would be counted as receiving mental health treatment no matter who his parents are

Inattentive ADHD kid who identifies as asexual? Her problems get overlooked. And in the family I grew up in? She’s considered a huge success on the grandparents FB feeds, except for the not dating thing. Her diagnoses would not be counted, she would not get therapy. She would be able to mask the ADHD (like I did) until it all fell part. She would be pushed to date a football player. In fact, we have had conservative members in our family that support her brother deny she is ADHD— and say we are lying for the attention, because she has decent grades and has is “so organized” (like painfully so). They also say “fake it till you make it” with boys— otherwise she won’t be marriageable (as I struggle to explain to her why “marriageable” that matters so much to the grandparents, when I it doesn’t matter at all to DH or I. And have started cutting “marriageable” discussions off at the pass.

Our asexual, ADHD-I kid would not have diagnoses in a conservative household and would not be getting academic and psychological supports. But she does in ours. Our willingness to listen to her and get her support and treatment doesn’t make us bad parents. It makes us parents who listen. And we heard loud and clear that this kid probability needs our support to talk to the family about her sexuality and to deal with her weight and with her ADHD as much as or more than the gay kid. Because the level of stress over these issues was so high. Her problems are just quieter.

I mean wow. Exhibit A. You have so many labels and diagnoses on your kids and have probably had them in counseling and therapy from birth and you likely are doing some things to amplify the very diagnoses they have received. Neither of your kids are heterosexual and maybe your late bloomer is asexual. I mean I feel like that’s a lot of focus on the sexuality —- and definitive labeling —- of kids going thru puberty. In my day almost every girl said she was bisexual for a while. Mean while almost all never actually hooked up with a girl and almost all married or settled down with men. It was trendy. Asexual is real but also trendy in part because these kids have been SO OVERWHELMED with discussions of sexuality and sexual identity. They can shut all that down by saying they are asexual.
Let your kids be kids. They aren’t science projects or psychology experiments. You are literally the perfect example of why kids of liberals are often depressed. So much oppressive analyzing of the kids!! Aggh!

Perfectly said. It's really quite amazing, and not in a good way.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Fyi, most psychiatric drugs are dispensed on the basis of self-reported symptoms.

This is true for any kind of drug.

Anonymous wrote:The term liberal snowflakes is very derogatory to me. However some of what the term is trying to describe I can identify with. But by using the term in a mean way it shuts down conversation and thinking which I do not support. Does anyone know of resources that may discuss this idea of liberals being mentally less tough/healthy in a way that is not offensive and derogatory?

Anonymous wrote:Fyi, most psychiatric drugs are dispensed on the basis of self-reported symptoms.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here you go, OP:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/children-with-liberal-parents-more-likely-to-suffer-mental-health-problems-study/ar-AA1kRFiC

The science is settled.

This is very interesting

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Conservatives are happier than liberals. Left wing women are the most unhappy:

https://www.ian-leslie.com/p/why-does-being-left-wing-make-you

Food for thoughts.

I stay out of my kids’ love lives but might have mentioned a time or two to keep your distance from leftists. Mostly because of their need to make people around them miserable. God help the unlucky people they marry.

+100
I was just reading about Ilhan Omar's daughter, the one who was arrested at Columbia. She sounds absolutely exhausting. Can't imagine living with someone like that.

You think Omar is representative of liberals?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Conservatives are happier than liberals. Left wing women are the most unhappy:

https://www.ian-leslie.com/p/why-does-being-left-wing-make-you

Food for thoughts.

I stay out of my kids’ love lives but might have mentioned a time or two to keep your distance from leftists. Mostly because of their need to make people around them miserable. God help the unlucky people they marry.

+100
I was just reading about Ilhan Omar's daughter, the one who was arrested at Columbia. She sounds absolutely exhausting. Can't imagine living with someone like that.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Conservatives are happier than liberals. Left wing women are the most unhappy:

https://www.ian-leslie.com/p/why-does-being-left-wing-make-you

Food for thoughts.

I stay out of my kids’ love lives but might have mentioned a time or two to keep your distance from leftists. Mostly because of their need to make people around them miserable. God help the unlucky people they marry.