at his school says it's ok to slap him on the mouth to "show him who's the boss." Could this be true? Also they "drag" him down the stairs to make him go to his room when he has a problem.
2006-08-19 06:31:24 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Other - Health
First of all, there is no such thing as "borderline" Down syndrome...he either has it or he doesn't. Although there are a couple different types of DS, there is no such thing as sort of having it. If he does have a clinical diagnosis of Down syndrome, he is entitled, bu federal law, to have therapy provided to him by the school district (after age of three) and he should be getting that (free of charge). The counselor should be reported, as should the parent's. Abusing any child, but particularly a child with a developmental delay does not improve his condition. Please, please, please....contact your local Children's services or local chapter of ARC and report this family. That child must be saved. They are wasting his potential and destroying his soul. I beg of you to help that poor child.
2006-08-20 08:53:03 · answer #1 · answered by Smom 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely not! You don't teach anybody anything by slapping them on the mouth -- unless it's that when they get bigger, they can slap smaller people around. It sounds as though your neighbor needs to get a better source of advice. If she has a Down's syndrome child, she's been through the system a couple of times and knows where she can go to get help. There is a Down's syndrome foundation, there are doctors who specialize in this syndrome and there are parent support groups as well. Each of these sources can offer better solutions to her problems that slapping and dragging him. That may work for now, when he's small, but what happens when he grows and will be able to physically overpower them? If he is borderline, he needs especially good care, because borderline DS people can have a very good quality of life, can life on their own, can be self supporting. But only if they have been well taught when they were children, and their disability is minimized, not brutalized.
2006-08-19 13:40:34 · answer #2 · answered by old lady 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Does the counselor advise ALL parents to slap and drag their kids?? Then what is the difference?? Sounds like Abuse to ME.
And no, there is no borderline DS. Either yes or no. Unless she means his level of intellectual limitation is relatively mild, which is possible since there can be a broad spectrum of mental disability with DS.
Anyway - you need to report the counselor and/or the stepmother! Something wrong is happening!
2006-08-22 14:42:48 · answer #3 · answered by Mahira 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think that's correct at all, I bet if he was her son no stepson she would care in a different way, that is not the right way to treat even animals
you don't need to show this kid who the boss is, instead they need a lot of love, patience and kindness, but this is just what I think...
2006-08-19 13:41:11 · answer #4 · answered by muskrat_susy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. These constitute child abuse.
That counselor, if the story is true, needs to be reported.
2006-08-19 13:37:44 · answer #5 · answered by tehabwa 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, that's abuse! Report the step-monster and the school counselor!
2006-08-19 13:37:36 · answer #6 · answered by Terisu 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
call the child abuse hotline ASAP-- keep an eye on the family. boy, if you catch them in the act and be a witness, the boy will be taken away from them and protected.
2006-08-23 03:11:49 · answer #7 · answered by reme_1 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tell your neighbor to change schools; this one is doing more harm than good.
2006-08-19 13:44:39 · answer #8 · answered by chrstnwrtr 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hell no it called having patience which is hard, as far as the counselor I would report his or her ***!!
2006-08-19 13:38:31 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋