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Post by aln1982 on Mar 28, 2007 16:02:37 GMT -5
Glad to hear someone say this about Norman - I'm always more inclined to only suggest "therapy" in extreme cases. I think he would really benefit (and did) from just discussing things with his parents and getting them to listen to his point of view. I think Lou would greatly benefit from some stability in her life, though I am convinced that she does have some type of problem as she reminds me a lot of a little girl I gave riding lessons to who was bi-polar (I could write some of my own books titled "the Worst Kid Ever" I was always afraid to turn my back on her because I worried that she would do something dumb like run purposely into the fence or run into me. She did several times and then laughed. Or she would just stand there and refuse to move. Let me tell you, I earned my money at those sessions Okay, I really have to get off of here now and stop procrastinating and get back to work.
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Post by sotypical42483 on Mar 29, 2007 12:34:00 GMT -5
Norman's a kid. I mean how old is he? 8? I don't think it's his responsibility to discuss issues with his parents that they aren't all that eager to hear about. His parents are really crappy, I feel bad for the kid.
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Post by digigirl02 on Mar 30, 2007 18:35:22 GMT -5
How about Nicky Pike?I think he has issues. Heck, I think all the Pike kids will need it,
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Post by aln1982 on Mar 30, 2007 23:47:45 GMT -5
Norman's a kid. I mean how old is he? 8? I don't think it's his responsibility to discuss issues with his parents that they aren't all that eager to hear about. His parents are really crappy, I feel bad for the kid. No, I just meant Norman would benifit from being able to talk to his parents - not that it was up to him to make them listen. I just hope they would decide to listen and communicate better with him as I think good, open parent-child communication can solve a lot of problems.
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Post by wanderingfrog on Mar 31, 2007 12:46:55 GMT -5
Glad to hear someone say this about Norman - I'm always more inclined to only suggest "therapy" in extreme cases. I think he would really benefit (and did) from just discussing things with his parents and getting them to listen to his point of view. I think Lou would greatly benefit from some stability in her life, though I am convinced that she does have some type of problem as she reminds me a lot of a little girl I gave riding lessons to who was bi-polar (I could write some of my own books titled "the Worst Kid Ever" I was always afraid to turn my back on her because I worried that she would do something dumb like run purposely into the fence or run into me. She did several times and then laughed. Or she would just stand there and refuse to move. Let me tell you, I earned my money at those sessions Okay, I really have to get off of here now and stop procrastinating and get back to work. I don't think Lou has the type of problem that merits giving her a psychiatric diagnosis. I think her behaviour can be explained by her life being pretty crappy before she goes to live with her aunt and uncle. I don't think that therapy should only be used in extreme cases, although I do think that kids shouldn't usually be given psychiatric drugs. Yeah, I know you weren't saying Lou was bipolar, but there was a comparison there. I've never actually met someone with child-onset bipolar disorder in person, although I've known a few online. I'm boring old adolescent-onset, myself. I didn't answer the poll, and probably won't, although I'm leaning toward Sean Addison. I like Sean Addison, by the way. But hello, the kid SET FIRES. Dude needs therapy. Let's just hope he doesn't also wet the bed and torture small animals. Speaking of animals, the most disturbing thing about Kerry "catnapping" Tigger was not that she took a poor little kitten home when she saw him wandering around outside, nor even that she kept him in a closet, but that once she knew he was Mary Anne's kitten and Mary Anne was really upset, she still hid him. Although she's got a point thinking that Mary Anne can't be a great pet owner if she lets a kitten out on his own without even wearing a collar, but 1) it's still wrong to keep him, and 2) keeping a cat in a closet most of the time makes Kerry a worse pet owner. Other candidates for therapy someday: Jenny Prezzioso and Haley Braddock. Someone said they thought Jamie had OCD tendencies; there was a whole book about Jenny's OCD tendencies. Actually, getting Jenny's mother in therapy might work just as well. Haley Braddock because her lying in Claudia and the Little Liar was really b*tchy and disturbing. Oh, and there's no hyphen in "bipolar." I usually try to refrain from being too anal about spelling, grammar, and punctuation, but "bipolar" with a hyphen bugs me as much as "Baby-sitters Club" without one.
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Post by aln1982 on Mar 31, 2007 23:51:35 GMT -5
Sorry about the unneeded hyphen and not including the one in the BSC. My spelling errors are probably what lets me get so many posts. I rarely even spell check - just call me Claudia
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Post by inge on Apr 1, 2007 15:16:27 GMT -5
I'm lost. How do spelling errors get you a lot of posts?
To make up for this useless comment, something on topic: I didn't vote, because I don't know most of these kids. However, I found the Tigger thing a lot more disturbing than most of you seem to think it is!
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Post by aln1982 on Apr 1, 2007 15:45:58 GMT -5
I'm sorry if my comment sounded snide. I tend to have a really sarcastic sense of humor (which is hard to express on the computer and was trying to lighten things up but it probably didn't come out right - sorry if I offended anyone. All I meant, Inge, was that I just type quickly and put the posts on. I probably wouldn't have time to do as many if I actually took the time to spell check and proofread. Again, sorry that my post about the spelling might have come off sounding snide or rude.
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Post by wanderingfrog on Apr 1, 2007 15:47:22 GMT -5
Sorry about the unneeded hyphen and not including the one in the BSC. My spelling errors are probably what lets me get so many posts. I rarely even spell check - just call me Claudia Oh, I didn't mean you when I said that it bugged me if people don't put a hyphen in Baby-sitters Club. I just meant in general. I haven't noticed if you've ever done it. I'm a good speller, but I still appreciate Firefox 2's built-in spell checker, because it catches most of my typos.
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Post by sotypical42483 on Apr 2, 2007 13:12:10 GMT -5
Ah, in that case I agree with you about Norman, aln. Unfortunately, though, his parents don't seem all that open to communicating with their son so in the future I think he'd have a lot of problems But I agree that his problems could realistically be solved if his parents cared just a teeny bit to help him rather than berate him.
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Post by inge on Apr 2, 2007 18:22:57 GMT -5
I'm sorry if my comment sounded snide. I tend to have a really sarcastic sense of humor (which is hard to express on the computer and was trying to lighten things up but it probably didn't come out right - sorry if I offended anyone. All I meant, Inge, was that I just type quickly and put the posts on. I probably wouldn't have time to do as many if I actually took the time to spell check and proofread. Again, sorry that my post about the spelling might have come off sounding snide or rude. No, no, you didn't come of as rude or offensing at all! That's not what I meant!! I just didn't get your joke I was like: 'huh?? spelling errors - posting a lot??' I just didn't see the link
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Post by aln1982 on Apr 3, 2007 23:52:59 GMT -5
Glad to hear I didn't upset you, Inge I didn't want to start a BSC-like fight with a misunderstanding Back on topic... I was glad to read that Norman's parents seemed a bit nicer to him in Dawn's sitting job with their family in Farewell Dawn. And she said he had lost some weight so (probably wishful thinking as I feel so sorry for him but...) maybe things got better for him - I hope. Any later mentions of Norman or the Hills?
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Post by aln1982 on Apr 22, 2007 7:59:32 GMT -5
Just reread MA and Search For Tigger and agree that Kerry is not at all disturbed for taking him. Actually, I totally understand why she did it and how she justified to herself keeping him even after learning he was Mary Anne's. The only reason I put her on the poll was because someone in a post long ago mentioned that she seemed disturbed in this book. I didn't remember the book, so put Kerry on for more choices. Anyway, don't think Kerry is disturbed at all and kind of felt for her in that book and for her struggles with wanting to be grown up and wanting to have a friend or something to care for. At least it seemed like she took good care of Tigger. The kid who really should have been on this poll is the creepy one who left the ransom note If he did that at such a young age, I shudder to think what he might do as an adult.
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Post by wanderingfrog on Apr 22, 2007 14:53:20 GMT -5
Isn't Mel Tucker the kid who left the ransom note? He is on this poll. I could just be confused, though.
I don't think it was at all disturbing for Kerry to take home a kitten with no collar she found wandering around, but I still do think it was disturbing to keep him once she found out he was Mary Anne's. Kerry generally seems perfectly nice and normal after this book, though.
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Post by booboobrewer on Apr 22, 2007 19:26:57 GMT -5
Isn't Mel Tucker the kid who left the ransom note? He is on this poll. I could just be confused, though. We were discussing that on the thread for MA and the Search for Tigger. That's funny how many of us think it was Mel Tucker; the kid wasn't named throughout the book, though.
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