Tag: Children

The Vicious Cycle of Helicopter Parenting – The Atlantic

“Separation anxiety, a fear of heights, nervousness about the unknown—those are normal parts of development that serve an evolutionary purpose in keeping kids safe. They don’t dissipate on their own, though; they’re gradually allayed through experiences that draw kids further from parental oversight: spending an afternoon at a friend’s house, climbing a tree, walking to the bus stop by themselves. Learning to cope with the strong emotions that often attend these exploits is valuable. Some psychologists trace the ongoing decline in American children’s mental well-being directly to the constraints on their freedom.”

When so many people think hovering is what good parents do, how do you stop?
— Read on www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2023/07/helicopter-parenting-child-autonomy-standards/674618/

America Is in Its Insecure-Attachment Era – The Atlantic

Detachment was a horrible failure , attachment can get very distorted . It’s time to address exactly what the individual child needs and not fail the needs of foundation.

Do you see me ?

Do you hear me ?

Do I matter ?

Discomfort with intimacy seems to be on the rise—and no one’s quite sure why.
— Read on www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2023/04/insecure-attachment-style-intimacy-decline-isolation/673867/

Breastfeeding Mother Told To Use Bottle In Divorce Custody Dispute

The law is behaving like they have no education on babies, Moms and nutrition.

Thus they should not creating orders like this insane one.

Arleta Ramirez, a mother in Virginia, was court ordered to use a bottle to feed her exclusively breastfed daughter.
— Read on www.romper.com/life/breastfeeding-mother-use-bottle-divorce-custody-dispute

Virginia mother still fighting for her children, as case goes to Virginia Supreme Court

She’s still fighting to get her three children back after they went into foster care four years ago.
— Read on www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/08/30/virginia-mother-still-fighting-for-her-children-as-case-goes-to-virginia-supreme-court/

Book Review of Crash: A Memoir of Overmedication and Recovery by Ann Bracken – Mad In America

A powerful, heartbreaking wake-up call about how the severely damaging effects of medications that claim to relieve suffering can threaten generations in a family. A heartbreaking wake-up call about how the severely damaging effects of medications can threaten generations in a family.
— Read on www.madinamerica.com/2023/08/book-review-crash-memoir-overmedication-recovery-ann-bracken/

Childhood of PTS – Craig Childress PsyD

Child PTSD – a false (factitious) disorder

I’m nearing the end of my line-by-line notes on the forensic custody evaluation in a matter after many-many hours. I’m up to about 300 pages now (including the original evaluation, my notes are interwoven into the report).

The custody evaluator just made this statement:

From Forensic Custody Evaluator: “[Mother] reported that [child] has been diagnosed with PTSD because of her experiences with her father and has developed anxiety, which has manifested into headaches and stomach issues she is being treated for.”

This is my response:

The diagnosis of PTSD for [child] is a clear misdiagnosis based on Criterion A of a PTSD diagnosis – the definition of trauma.

Criterion A for PTSD: “Exposure to actual or threatened death, serious injury, or sexual violence in one (or more) of the following ways…” (DSM-5, p. 271)

Based on reporting, [child] was NOT exposed to actual or threatened death, serious injury, or sexual violence from her father. There was NO trauma by definition of Criterion A that would lead to post-trauma symptoms.

Post-trauma symptoms are impossible if there was no initial trauma as defined by Criterion A of the DSM-5.

Who misdiagnosed [child] with PTSD? Whoever misdiagnosed [child] with PTSD is incompetent as a mental health professional for failing to even consult the actual DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for PTSD.

That mental health profession is negligent in their diagnosis:

Google Negligence: failure to take proper care in doing something.

Cornell Law School Definition of Negligence: Negligence is a failure to behave with the level of care that someone of ordinary prudence would have exercised under the same circumstances. The behavior usually consists of actions, but can also consist of omissions when there is some duty to act (e.g., a duty to help victims of one’s previous conduct).

All mental health professionals have duty to protect obligations.

  • Negligent Diagnosis: The mental health provider who misdiagnosed [child] with PTSD without applying the actual DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for a PTSD diagnosis failed to take proper care in assessing and diagnosing [child].
  • Competence in Trauma Pathology: Whoever misdiagnosed [child] with PTSD without applying the actual DSM-5 criteria for a diagnosis of PTSD is not competent in the diagnostic assessment and treatment of trauma and child abuse pathology.

Craig Childress, Psy.D.
Clinical Psychologist, CA PSY 18857

Tuesday Weld – Survivor of childhood neglect /abuse

What a beautiful soul, and may she celebrate her birthday in abundant good health and comfort of her every need

Happy 80th Birthday Tuesday Weld
On the set of DOBIE GILLIS the crew noticed Tuesday off camera was shy and withdrawn, as if hiding something. She was seen hitchhiking from the set and no one had actually met her mother. Then the crew noticed she would hit the food table after the actors had left and put the food in her handbag.
Her mom would leave her for weeks and months at a time on flings beginning when she a pre-teenager. There would be no money or food. She tried out for the role on Gillis hoping she could make enough money to eat. Today Tuesday is 80 years old. But she is also a survivor. Respect.