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Old Jan 14, 2012, 02:40 PM
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Good video. It caused me to stop and really think about when and why the labels started.

Most of those labels didn't exist when I was a child. "Problem kids" were sent to other schools; we were taught to respect our teachers, parents, other adults. There were rules in place for conduct in school and church - but we were also given recess time to burn off our kid energy.

Sometimes I wonder if it was my generation of parents who started all of this labeling... We wanted to have "perfect" kids in a world where society was changing rapidly. So much easier to come up with "reasons" and medicate the kids, because my generation had no clue how to be a parent - we wanted to be "friends" with our kids.

thought-provoking...thanks for sharing the video.
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