Child Advocate

I was in a facebook group that supports people who are trying to go no contact with toxic family members, because I do have quite a few toxic people in my family.  A woman posted that she was “no contact” with her 14 year old son. She placed him in a facility for violent behavior and said he was a clinically diagnosed psychopath.  I’ve heard people talk this way about their kids before. They will pick mental health diagnoses that seem the most insulting and say their kids are clinically diagnosed with these things, mainly psychopathy.  But a quick google search will tell you that individuals aren’t given this diagnosis until age 18. It’s not even an actual diagnosis- the correct diagnosis is antisocial personality disorder.  It’s likely this kid was acting in self defense against physically abusive parents, and had now been abandoned.  All of the comments were in support of the mother. As soon as I posted these three screenshots from Google, I was kicked out of ...

 This post was shared via  Jordanna Lamb .  Children are allowed to exist in public spaces.  They are allowed to dine out with their families.  They are allowed to use public transportation.  They are allowed to go grocery shopping with the family.  You are entitled to a child-free lifestyle, but not a child-free existence. Children will inevitably be present around you.  They require exposure to social settings in order to learn how to navigate them effectively. Children are young individuals just trying to figure out this life thing.  People often forget that they themselves were children at one point. They were loud, disruptive, annoying at times.  They cried in public, they threw tantrums. That’s how we learn, that’s how we grow. Children will not learn if they are never given the chance to experience it for themselves. Then there was this comment: The only place I’ve ever had to do this was at my old workplace, The Children's Museum...