Kate,
That was the show. Wasn't that horrible? The parents just did not get the fact that their daughter has ADD and cannot be organized no matter what. They were trying to get her to change what she could not! My son has some slight problems with organization. He is just like that girl who kept loosing her work. He will do his H.W. and I put it in his bag myself and then when he gets to school he forgets to hand it in. The next thing we know he says he can't find it. He literally forgets what he is doing. And he gets very frustrated about it too. I cannot even imagine abusing him like that poor girl on T.V. and my heart goes out to her because her father was making accusations that were not true and she kept trying to defend herself. I am just the opposite with my kids, I do not hit no matter what. And they both know they could be murderers and mom will forgive them. Not that I want them too but you know what I mean. My love for them in totally unconditional. They are wonderful blessings and if it weren't for them being affected by the WT, I may never intially woke up to the truth. Anyway, you are right, there is usually an issue not being delt with. My family swept my mollestation under the rug because THEY were too embarassed to speak about it. I speak to my kids about EVERYTHING. Their teachers hate me becuase if they are not being fair with my kid or something happened at school that they tried to cover up, my kids would tell me the second they walked in the door and I would be on the phone to the school. This mother bear has huge claws and I told even my hubby BEFORE we were married, I do not hit and if you touch my kids, your eyes are coming out of your head! You can guess I was popular at the KH. Everyone and their mother was telling me to beat my kids to keep them quiet. Instead I took them outside to walk. And told everyone else to MIND THEIR OWN BUSINESS!