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Babies seeing shrinks?; You're kidding,right?
Topic Started: May 24 2006, 01:11 PM (130 Views)
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When babies see shrinks

Sometimes very young minds need special care, experts say
young children have rarely crossed paths with psychiatrists or psychologists. Not anymore. With a growing amount of research focusing on early brain development, more youngsters — even infants — are being targeted to receive the services of mental-health professionals.

There are no hard numbers available for just how many pre-kindergarten children are being seen, but experts say infant/toddler mental health is moving into the mainstream. Psychological research on this age group is a hot topic at major universities, and last year the American Academy of Pediatrics launched a task force with at least part of its purpose to push more infant/toddler mental health intervention.

(This is absurd :unsure: )

And yes,Virginia,there is a more sinister and bigger picture

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It's never too early to begin that brainwashing. :unsure:
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I think we should take a hard look at who is having babies these days, and why. My bet is that most of the kids receiving mental health interventions are born to single parents on a low or fixed income. Mom is either too busy, or too tired to provide a nurturing environment for the child and there is no Dad to help out. Thus, the parent has to provide alternative stimulus for the child to thrive without love, television in the form of kids videos, or programming has filled the slot nicely, but lacks the human interaction of the nurturing process. Kids are forced to raise themselves and their siblings. Once they reach school age they have difficulty adapting to the structured environment and social interaction on a large scale. This prompts a diagnosis of ADD, or ADHD and the kids are placed on psychotropics to modify their "antisocial" behavior. Once "calmed down", the child is "mainstreamed" with the rest of the class until graduation. This is where I come into the picture. The child has known no structure other than that provided by the school. They have difficulty adapting to the structureless "real world", so they are left with a choice. Join the military where structure and discipline are readily available, or act out against the society that has keyholed and ignored him/her and go to prison where structure and discipline are readily available. I refer to it as "looking for love in all the wrong places". How else can you explain the fact that 40 uniformed Officers armed with nothing but a pen, a set of rules, and a 12 foot fence, can keep 2000 grown men from seeking the freedom of the real world. They want to be there! Even when their debt to society is paid and they are released into the community 1 in 2 will reoffend within 30 days and come back to where it is safe and structured for them. The toughest job in the world is being a loving, nurturing parent, bar none! I go to bed exhausted every night, but in the end, it is worth it. Griz


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Another thing to consider perhaps is that child within - insomuch as we all hold dear the simple expressions of loving and being loved.

In this regard, some things do not change since we were children. In other ways, the "world system" does it's best to jam us into a mold.

Having raised many children, I learned that doctors do their best to tell new moms that all babies must fit into a place on their charts. If a child expresses spirituality, growth, creativity or imagination in ways that do not conform, then they say this is not good. From an early age, the 'experts' begin their process of trying to raise peaceful sheep.

Children are often taught and expected to suppress who they are - and often their spirituality is indeed put into a place that is shrunken up. Note, too, that this sometimes does not change as they age, until at some point, we begin asked insightful questions and taking that important inner journey of exploration and discovery.

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