Showing posts with label LD. Show all posts
Showing posts with label LD. Show all posts

Friday, February 18, 2011

Obama, stay out of my State!


The Democratic National Committee's Organizing for America arm of the 2008 Obama campaign -- is organizing protests against Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker. Obama has made a clear stance against any efforts in Wisconsin to address their budget. It’s clear from his own budget that cutting programs and being responsible with tax payer money is not the Obama agenda. His old campaign crew is filling buses, making phone calls and twittering, all in an effort to stop the will of the people in WI that demand government to control its spending!
The Democrats in WI showed their cowardness  by LEAVING the state! 14 of their Senators are hiding out in Rockford, Illinois…Is this the home of Obama???
What has the Governor to say?
Republican Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin, confronted with thousands of protesters outside of the state capitol in Madison, says "it would be wise for the president" to stay out of his state's business.
"I think we're focused on balancing our budget," Walker said on Fox News Friday morning. "It would be wise for the president and others in Washington to focus on balancing their budget, which they are a long ways from doing."
The Speaker of the house, John Boehner had this to say about an interview President Obama gave on Wednesday to Milwaukee television, in which he (Obama) called the new law an "assault on unions." What's more, the Wisconsin chapter of the president's political arm within the Democratic National Committee (DNC), worked to promote rallies against the new law. Boehner called on Obama to have the DNC stand down in Wisconsin.
"The White House has even unleashed the Democratic National Committee to spread disinformation and confusion in Wisconsin regarding the governor's courageous actions," he said. "I urge the president to order the DNC to suspend these tactics."

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Chidren and Behavior Disorder

For many children, efficient compliance with parent and teacher demands is difficult. Over time, children with problems in self-control, perhaps due to ADHD, LD, PDD, anxiety or depression, feel incompetent and under confident in taking on a new task due to repeated failure to satisfy themselves and others. Many of them are concerned that if they try to do it and make mistake, they will be unhappy because of parent criticism or self criticism, This leads to emotional reactions, escape and avoidance behaviors, whining, complaining, tantrums and refusal to comply, hallmarks of the behavioral disorder known as oppositional defiant disorder or ODD. As children become successful in reducing demands or controlling others by these actions, they become more and more oppositional and/or defiant in virtually all situations potentially requiring effort or focus. They learn to be in a bad mood as soon as their parents "show up." They protect themselves from the possibility of any demands or requests. As time goes on, so many kids develop strategies to use annoyance to get parental attention and anger, which they often enjoy, because it puts them in control of their parents. This is what I now call "oppositional fishing." So many parents become so upset. On some level, it would be better the parents viewed these actions as love, rather than hate. If the parents respond with anger and threats of their own, perpetuating chronic power struggles that destroy any chance for a pleasant family life. Some kids who are oppositional and some parents who deal with them get so upset, they do things that really did not want to do, they say, "I didn't want to do that, I did it because I LOST IT," indicating their emotions took away their accurate self-control. ODD, created by these dysfunctional interactions, is a common outgrowth of ADHD, LD, PDD, Anxiety and Depressive Disorders.What can be done to reverse this process? Parents must recognize that since they "own everything," their children must and will comply with their requests, particularly if they regain their own dignity through the demonstration of calm, thoughtful self-control. Parents must show their children understanding and love, treat them in a calm, clear, and consistent manner, and give clear positive feedback when successful cooperation occurs. This approach leads the children to abandon defiance and work in harmony with their parents to conquer attention and self-control problems. "I will treat you like a prince if you treat me like a king," is the guideline for future parent-child relationships.