Replies to '06/23 "Stop Ruining Your Child!"'

I am a nurse in a psychiatric hospital that treats children as young as four and adolescents. While some of these kids are mentally ill. Many of them have what's called Conduct disorders which is a fancy term for brat and a way to get insurance companies to pay for the hospital stay. Dr. Phil right about one thing society and the school just will not put up with kids like this. What happens is they go to school go berserk when they don't get what they want and start hitting others, scratching biting and even destroying property. Most school don't even call the parents anymore. Police bring these kids as young as 5 to our facility in hand-cuffs on 72 hour hold for being a danger to them selves or others. If you don't think a 5 year could dangerous you have tried to hold one during one of these fits. Parents come to out hospital angry and upset because they can't by law take their children home for 3 days. Many can't take them home for a week or more because as long as they are displaying this kind of behavior the courts still see them as dangerous. After a week or so in a highly disciplined environment these kids do settle down and eventually go home, But they are often in the hospital again month after month. I have talked to parents about commando parenting and those who try it usually have pretty good results.  Well I'm off to work now but I know I'll see at least one like this come through the doors today. So Sad 

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