[PLUG-TALK] Arduino vs. Other Kid Toys

[Denis Heidtmann]

On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 9:21 AM, Rich Shepard <rshepard at appl-ecosys.com>wrote:

> On Sat, 3 Dec 2011, Denis Heidtmann wrote:
>
> > That is one point of view.  But there is big difference between a
> > "helicopter" parent and one seeing a genuine problem needing
> intervention.
>
>    I've no idea what makes a parent a helicopter, but I guess it ain't a
> good
> thing to be.
>

A helicopter parent is one who hovers.


>   On a serious note, Denis, you raise an important issue for which there
> are
> probably multiple opinions and no definitive answers. Namely, how much of
> the genuine problems needing intervention are perceived as such and how
> many
> are induced by chemical (medicinal) treatments? I've no idea ... nor
> opinion.
>
>   Because it is far from my areas of expertise, I find the whole issue of
> mental health ambiguous. Does long term medication make the brain dependent
> on these drugs? Can such dependency be more quickly induced at younger
> ages?
> Where is the line between social ineptness and being truly dangerous to
> one's self or others? All I do know with certainty that as a society we
> have
> ignored mental illness for far too long; 'ignore' in the sense of avoiding
> dealing with it as a medical problem.
>
> Rich
>

I agree.

-Denis





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