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I can't properly respond to the arrantly contemptible idea that autism is caused by single-parent households without contravening HN rules in regard to civility
by throwanem 7y ago
I can't properly respond to the arrantly contemptible idea that autism is caused by single-parent households without contravening HN rules in regard to civility.
- pc86 7y ago> Comments should get more thoughtful and substantive, not less, as a topic gets more divisive. > Assume good faith. Neither the GP nor this comment follow these two guidelines. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- goda90 7y agoI don't think the GP comment was focusing on autism necessarily, just bad behavior in general. There are still big problems with kids who aren't autistic that schools struggle to deal with, largely because of a lack of discipline at home. Single parenthood probably doesn't help, but I disagree with the GP that that is the primary factor. At least where I live, the teachers face not only misbehaving kids with little recourse, but also a general attitude from parents that teachers are largely responsible for their kids' success instead of the parents and kids themselves.
- throwanem 7y agoThe article and the intervention it describes exist specifically in the context of "special education". The children subjected to it have autism, epilepsy, and similar conditions. To say that they're merely "misbehaving" because of bad home training, lazy parents, or any other reason, fails to correctly understand the substance of the matter.