You and I can't stand each other but that is no excuse to post rubbish so if you wish to quote and respond to anything I post please engage your brain first as your ridiculous responses just make you look stupid

Well, there might be some truth in that, but I can assure you that you can have three children, and they will all have completely different personalties which might include less than desirable characteristics.

Nurture will always play a role, but nature creates the mould.

I think there is some truth to that but if ADHD was just about having crap parents then every child with crap parents would have it. You do get good parents and just normal parents whose children have ADHD.

As a teacher I saw parents who cared about their child barely holding back tears. I think both situations can be true. A child can genuinely have the condition without bad parenting and it's also true that bad parenting will make the condition worse.

I'd say that crap parenting just worsens something that's already there.

I agree that ADHD, and in fact many conditions, can be over diagnosed. That doesn't mean I'm saying that they aren't present, just that today's attitudes towards them are overly feminised. Modern teaching, in some sections, can be like an estrogen farm where essentially boisterous boys who don't behave like prefect girls are sometimes deemed to have something wrong with them. A good teacher recognises and understands sex differences and how to deal with them.....but you won't get that reality taught while taking a teaching qualification.

All children need a level of discipline, but it's just biology that a higher percent of boys will have periods when they need more discipline and focus than a typical girl just to keep them on track.

But like you imply, bad parenting will contribute towards ruining lives regardless of the sex.

Edited by Stirlingsays (27 Jul 2022 12.34pm)

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

You will have maybe up to a third of a class with some kind of diagnosis - so it's a massive issue. ADHD/ Autism/ Anxiety are the current ones I see regularly (my missus is a special needs educator). I've basically ranted that it's mostly bollox. She agrees to a large extent. However, there are obviously real cases too. I remember a kid at school get a constant beating in my day but there was obviously something wrong with him.
Kids need more structure, is my belief, rather than supposed freedoms. All the freedom is doing is confusing them. Don't get me started on the gender/sexuality stuff but a similar situation.

Red and Blue Army!

I know, it's scary.

It's literally child abuse.

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

It's the click, click, click of the Internet age. Everything is 5 second clickbait and in your face. It doesn't benefit governments to have a population that scrutinises.