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This study links ADHD children that are not cheerful and happy with them being mistreated. It probably tells something about the link of the behaviour of the ch
by ithkuil 3y ago
This study links ADHD children that are not cheerful and happy with them being mistreated. It probably tells something about the link of the behaviour of the child and the likelihood of it being mistreated.
After all parents are human too and many don't live up to the task, which is a very hard task especially if the child is difficult.
The study doesn't necessarily imply that all ADHD children exhibit those behaviours. The fact that both you and your child don't perhaps is an indication that there may be other confounding genetic factors beyond the main ADHD traits
- unyttigfjelltol 3y agoThis is a good explanation of why the study should be dustbined as another problematic effort to scapegoat parents for their children's mental health challenges. Like "refrigerator mothers" as a 1950s cause of autism.[1] And now, thanks to this study, every parent of an ADHD child can likewise feel doubt and experience a dose of finger-wagging from self-annointed servants of public. [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refrigerator_mother_theory https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refrigerator_mother_theory
- ithkuil 3y agoMy take-away from the study wasn't that ADHD is caused by bad parenting, but that when parents are faced with challenging children and they behave poorly, they make things worse. Is that controversial? Should you as a parent just mistreat your children because they are exhausting you? Some may thing that perhaps acting tough on those kids will somehow solve the problem, but hey you'll just make things worse. Is that framing blaming the parents? I don't think so; I think the parallel with the refrigerator mother is just an emotional reaction on something that is only superficially similar