re: What Did Men Do to Deserve This? (Another take on the so-called man/boy crisis)

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Then what else could cause (1) the extreme reversal and (2) current gap?

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In what? College attendance?

I can smell the wafting of emotional bullshite from the chart.

The feminization of America is going to part of our eventual demise.

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This is absolutely not true. At least not in Louisiana. Teachers are not allowed to talk about medicating children for any reason with parents as far as I know.

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I fully agree red and blue states are different.

But if you read the article its very true in many areas of the nation.

You were fine blaming doctors because you could blame "capitalism", but when magazines like psychology today are concerned about the impact of teachers, you state its not true.

If you want to talk about only men in Louisiana, then I dont have many anecdotal experiences.

But then again it is possible that Louisiana men are just well adjusted beyond what Blue state men are.

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both my older kids had IEPs for speech. IEPs are not always intended to be permanent.

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Yes, thats why the parents are pushed into the overmedication.

Do you think they will get off it without medication?

The problem is they are targeting normal male behaviors and saying fix it or else.

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there’s been a major shift towards the “least restrictive environment” in the last 10-15 or so years. For better or worse, there are fewer self-contained classes for kids with IEPs. Kids with IEPs get what’s called “push in” support for a paraprofessional or sped teacher in the general education classroom now.

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Agreed and its more positive.
My brother is a SP ED teacher, I do think behavior management is far far superior to medical management.

But remember, the kids who started school 10 years ago are only entering high-school.