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Reddit mentions of Genius!: Nurturing the Spirit of the Wild, Odd, and Oppositional Child – Revised Edition
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| Release date | November 2005 |
You're right sick is absolutely the wrong word, I apologize. In fact a label like that is the opposite of what I was trying to convey, which was that I think binary classifications are not what you want to teach. You don't want to say most people are 100% fine, but you have this TS, therefore you are in this other category of broken or sick, and worse yet disabled in some way.
I think it's better to take this as a lesson to explain neurodiversity, that brains vary. That people have talents and gifts, but sometimes they also have problems that must be dealt with cared for. And sometimes the gifts are related to the problems. So the goal can't be to just wipe out everyone's gift.
The OP was talking about a 10 year old. I think "Dad has TS" is the wrong message for a 10 year old. I think a 10 year old cannot possibly understand what that really means, and will get the wrong idea. I think you should acknowledge that Dad has these symptoms, and they can be a pain in the butt, but that he works hard to manage the symptoms, and that Dad's future can be bright even with the challenges. After all the kid might develop symptoms, and anything you can do to put them in the right mindset to deal with those symptoms the better.
I do not have TS but I recently read a book "Genius!: Nurturing the Spirit of the Wild, Odd, and Oppositional Child" out of concern for our son. The author lumped TS, Bipolar, Autism and ADHD together and has some really good insights about them. He presented a very positive pro-active way of dealing with kids that have some of these symptoms.
He said kids need a "narrative", a story that includes having these problems to deal with, but explains how they are rising above them. I think Dad can have a narrative too. A story about how he first discovered the symptoms and what he does to mitigate them. And a narrative about where's going in the future, how things are going to be okay. I don't think slapping on the label "TS" helps anything, at this age. But this is just my hunch, based on reading, and not personal experience. I can't really say I know that much about TS.
Genius book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0033PRGCY
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