Parenting as a therapy for beautiful special children.

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Parenting as Therapy for Child’s Mental Disorders

By BENEDICT CAREY

Published: December 22, 2006

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But like most other parents, the couple preferred to avoid drug treatment, if

possible. Instead, with the guidance of psychologists at the University of

Buffalo, they altered the way they interacted with and his younger

brother, . And over the course of a difficult year, they brought about a

transformation in their son. He still has days when he gets into trouble, like

any other 10-year-old, but he no longer exhibits the level of restless

distractibility that earned him a psychiatric diagnosis.

“People are so stressed out, and it’s so much easier to say, ‘Here, take this

pill and go to your room; leave me alone,’ ” Popczynski said on a recent

Monday after work. sat on the couch, hunched over his homework, while her

husband, Roman, occupied , 8.

“But what I would say is that if you are willing to take on the responsibility

of extra parenting, you can make a big difference,” said Ms. Popczynski, an

interior designer. “I compare parenting to driving. We all learn pretty quickly

how to drive a car. But if you have to drive a Mack truck, you’re going to need

some training.”

For full article:

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/22/health/22KIDS.html?_r=1 & th= & adxnnl=1 & emc=th & ad\

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For the earlier articles in the same series :

http://nytimes.com/ref/health/troubled-children.html

" We have allowed (the drugs) industry to subvert the rules of science. We have

watched quietly as governments and academics have colluded with industry to hide

information critical to our patients. We have remained silent as our medical

schools have churned out graduates who have no knowledge of the dilemmas and

scandals of medicine. We have allowed many of our medical journals to become

corrupted and timid, " - Dr Aubrey Blumsohn

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