Adoption – Misapplication of the Paintbrush
Adoption. It can be a trigger for negative behavior. Here is a hint. – Not everyone who is adopted is like my son David. Not everyone who is adopted has mental health issues. Just because someone is adopted, doesn’t automatically require them to seek psychiatric help. Labeling people for any reason is just not good practice. How would you like it if those who are adopted said that every school administrator was in need of a psychiatric evaluation just because they are a school administrator? You know? if every parent whispers conspiratorially with other parents “they are a school principal and need to be evaluated for mental defect.” I bet school administrators would get defensive quickly. Why should it be any different for parents to get defensive when an administrator uses the fact that a child is adopted as a reason to seek psychiatric evaluations for that child? I