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After a family member passed, my daughter (8yo) was upset for several days and school recommended counseling. After a couple of weeks, the only days she would get upset over the loss were the days she went to counseling. Counselor said she needed to continue b/c every time they talked, she got emotional. We told the school we wanted to end the counseling sessions and she hasn't been upset over it since.

That is exactly what Shrier is referring to.

Kids are learning. If you tell them it'll be okay after trauma, more often than not, they'll be okay. If you tell them they're traumatized, more often than not, they'll be traumatized.

It turns out all the drugs and all the therapy to make kids happier is just making them more depressed (generally speaking).

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Posted by Ricardo

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Posted on 4/17/24 at 3:39 pm to WildTchoupitoulas

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It turns out all the drugs and all the therapy to make kids happier is just making them more depressed (generally speaking).

The enemy of good is better.

The cornerstone of medicine is supposed to be, "Do no harm." As it turns out, there's good money in doing a little harm.

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Posted by Jake88

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Posted on 4/17/24 at 4:39 pm to WildTchoupitoulas

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It turns out all the drugs and all the therapy to make kids happier is just making them more depressed (generally speaking).

No. Most get on meds, get better and get off. Then there are those who fall into he perpetual complaint cycle and are reinforced by crapph caregivers.

Some of these are no win situations. Kid is aggressive on no meds and beats the hell out of a teacher or peer, "Why wasn't he in treatment on something????" Kid is aggressive on meds and beats the hell out of a teacher or peer, "See, see, the meds did this! Why was he in treatment and on something????"

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