The Crazy Rants of Samantha Burns

I dunno, Sam. I'm pretty sure that Tom and Katie's baby will need therapy from minute one of its screwed up little existance.

When my son was in kindergarten, he bit another child in the butt. NO ONE at the school bothered to ask him "why" - they simply called home to ask that a parent come pick up the child. When we arrived, we were told this represented "disturbed" behavior and that we should take action to determine the root cause.

I immediately turned to my son and asked "WHY did you bite this child." He responded, "because he was throwing sand in (other child - a girl)'s face and I kept asking him to stop and he wouldn't." Question #2: Why did you bite his BUTT? Answer: "it was the only part of him I could reach at the time, and I didn't want to lose my place in the sandbox by moving."

As I told the principal - that's not disturbed - that's logic in action.

You want to know why a two-year old does something weird? HE'S TWO. (That'll be $2000. I take cash and checks.)

“What we’re really doing primarily with infant and toddler mental health is saying, ‘What guidance can we provide to help a parent cope better?’� says Penny Glass, a developmental psychologist with Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, D.C. “Sometimes it’s amazing when you just counsel parents on how to establish structure.�
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That part is a riot.

establish structure IE be a parent, you are going to bed now because I say so. ;-)

Structure does not have to be explained, negociated or have reasons it just is.

Small children can come up with more Whys than you can answers.

My favorite saying on this subject

"Anyone who has ever used the phrase, 'as easy as taking candy from a baby has never TRIED to take candy from a baby' "

Thank you for saying that. It needed said and said well. Mission accomplished.
Yes, that was a crack at Tom Cruisemissle.

While I agree that there is room for rampant abuse in this area - schools reporting incidents as "disturbed behavior" instead of looking for the logical answer (hooray to The Random Yak's little boy for being a hero), parents (especially the rich and the trendy) totting their toddler to $150/hour psych sessions, and psycho-medicinals being introduced at too early an age (oh my, could Tom Cruise have had a point? Nah, he's a moonbat for sure) - I do think there is some validity to having children who show signs of out-of-the-ordinary lack of development evaluated by a professional. It may be an instance of a parent not being equipped or properly trained to parent their child, or a case of autism that indeed requires stronger intervention.