Posted by daisym on May 30, 2005, at 12:44:40
In reply to Abby's advice wasn't *bad*..., posted by badhaircut on May 30, 2005, at 11:03:55
Point well taken. In my original letter I actual wrote: "Abby, you have no idea how much or how little progress this kid has made. Perhaps his mother called every day when he started therapy, and now he only accepts calls once per week."
I am smiling to myself some at how quickly I honed in on her last sentence and not on the fact that the kid needed to make a public appeal to his parents to leave him alone. Is that the definition of safety in numbers? I guess if she had said, "since things are still so hard for you to deal with, perhaps a different type of therapy or therapist should be considered" I'd have no problem with that. It is the fact that she tacked on the "after two years" bit.
I need to let this go, don't I? (Yes, I actually do have a life.)
Oh, and I did email it to her web site. :)
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