Parenting as a therapy for beautiful special children.

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Parenting as Therapy for Child’s Mental Disorders By BENEDICT CAREY Published: December 22, 2006 EXCERPT: But like most other parents, the couple preferred to avoid drug treatment, if possible. Instead, with the guidance of psychologists at the University of Buffalo, they altered the way they interacted with Peter and his younger brother, Scott. And over the course of a difficult year, they brought about a transformation in their son. He still has days when he gets into trouble, like any other 10-year-old, but he no longer exhibits the level of restless distractibility that earned him a psychiatric

diagnosis. “People are so stressed out, and it’s so much easier to say, ‘Here, take this pill and go to your room; leave me alone,’ ” Lisa Popczynski said on a recent Monday after work. Peter sat on the couch, hunched over his homework, while her husband, Roman, occupied Scott, 8. “But what I would say is that if you are willing to take on the responsibility of extra parenting, you can make a big difference,” said Ms. Popczynski, an interior designer. “I compare parenting to driving. We all learn pretty quickly how to drive a car. But if you have to drive a Mack truck, you’re going to need some training.” For full article: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/22/health/22KIDS.html?_r=1 & th= & adxnnl=1 & emc=th & adxnnlx=1166787110-YUfN4eSvWAcSy0TN0AkvwA & oref=slogin For the earlier articles in the same series : http://nytimes.com/ref/health/troubled-children.html"We have allowed (the drugs) industry to subvert the rules of science. We have watched quietly as governments and academics have colluded with industry to hide information critical to our patients. We have remained silent as our medical schools have churned out graduates who have no knowledge of the dilemmas and scandals of medicine. We

have allowed many of our medical journals to become corrupted and timid," - Dr Aubrey Blumsohn