I am worried what it does to her self- esteem
The fact her "brain doesn't compute properly" may mean many things.
For all we know, she may have some underlying medical condition that should be investigated just to be sure she is alright.
Girls sometimes have mental confusion and slower response due to simply anemia, for starters.
Has she ever been tested for rarer forms of anemia, for example?
this is for infants and developing fetuses, but it relates to children and adults, too. I chose this link because it offers also a lot of other diet aspect
(that's just as interesting information bit, not to imply anything) :
Iron deficiency eventually leads to anemia, with insufficient oxygen reaching the brain. The anemia can cause fatigue and impair mental functioning.
Read more: Nutrition and mental health - children, causes, functioning, effects, therapy, person, people, used Nutrition and mental health - children, causes, functioning, effects, therapy, person, people, used
This is just an example how sometimes the body is not working properly and you are not aware of it not that your stepdaughter has it.
btw Iron deficiency may happen even with the proper diet - if the "gut" is not absorbing food the right way.
I know because I have it. So you never know.
Or she can be more of "brain left side" thinker than more common "right side",
and those people have a harder time using the 'cookie cutter' teaching approach they have in schools, for their brain process differently.
last but not least, if indeed there is nothing our of the ordinary
and she just does have harder time getting the hang of time,
I am sure there are areas at where she excels,
and this should be explored and given special attention and praise.
Fuzzy
She did - she noticed her stepdaughter -in her own words- "is not as smart":
That in no way indicates neurological pathology. It is a variance in ability; not a disorder.
I am merely suggesting the stepdaughter might be as smart as anybody else if not smarter,
but something can be happening that cause her to appear to be not so,
and am simply asking if if things were investigated.
You are pathologizing. It really is an annoying habit of yours. People have differences. That does not mean that they need to run out and find a diagnosis. It is just a variance, for Gawd's sake.
But since I don't know neither SneakerNet nor her stepdaughter,
I made suggestion what kind of things may cause a person to have temporary mental confusion - an Iron deficiency, for example.
That's all there is to it.
Not knowing them is even more of a reason not to suggest that there was pathology involved. SneakerNet was just sharing an anecdote.
There is however one thing I don't understand - your compulsion for answering for other posters.
More than that, what I don'tunderstand is your need to try and diagnose everyone and point to pathology when none is indicated. I have said it before...you want to diagnose and draw conclusions such as these, go back to school and get the education and the credentials to do so. You make far too many mistakes and that can indeed be harmful. I wasn't answering for anyone. I was speaking for myself. You need to lay off playing medical professional, especially when there is absolutely no indication that medical advice is being asked for.
It was a SneakerNet posts I was replying too, and SneakerNet private matter.
You act as if that person is incapable of answering for herself.
Not at all. I was speaking for myself, not SneakerNet. She is more than capable of speaking for herself. She is also more than capable of determining if her step daughter has nothing more than an expected and normal variance in IQ or a neurological disorder that needs treatment. If you want to keep it private, don't post it in a public forum. Use PM.
Just like you just answered for another posters at Current Events forum, TWICE.
You do it all the time.
You always answer for everybody.
Nope, I speak for myself only. You are just confused.
It makes me think you consider members here incapable of independent thought and making the right judgement.
What the heck???
Well, that would be projection, given your audist perspective of deafness. But that has nothing to do with me. That one is all about you.
Almost as if you are afraid if you don't answer for them,
they won't know what to say or may answer wrong.
Wow. You are insulting to the deaf even when you are trying not to be.
How very strange...
Yep. There is something strange all right. But you are looking in the wrong place to identify it.
Fuzzy
Famous hypochondriac epitaph! "I told you I was sick! "
With your family genes, she probably has the loss starting. And even if she is an irritating hyponchondriac it doesn't preclude something real happening.
Bear up! Relatives can be very irritating, but I know you love her kids.
Then we can make it about you.
With your family genes, she probably has the loss starting. And even if she is an irritating hyponchondriac it doesn't preclude something real happening.
Bear up! Relatives can be very irritating, but I know you love her kids.
