To wonder when we started aggrandising terms for simple things.

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Not sure aggrandising is the correct word, I'm sure someone will correct me if not.
I am referring to the relatively new practice of a simple concept being given a snappy new name, particularly in the area of child rearing.
On Bedtime live last week the presenter announced they would be using the 'rapid return' technique. So putting the childback to bed when s/he gets out then.
I read a thread on here a while ago where a DC has 'sensory issues'.Oh dear that sounds awful I thought. But no it basically means said child doesn't like getting their hands dirty. Ditto numerous threads about 'high needs' babies. I can't imagine anyone of our parents generation ever using such a term to describe a baby who cries a lot.
AIBU to wonder why we need to put an important-sounding label on the most trivial things?

Glad I could help, op.

Totally agree with you OP. I've noticed a real jump in the usage of these labels for the most trivial things.

Child doesn't like wearing woolly jumpers? Sensory Integration Dysfunction.
Child having trouble learning to read? Must be Auditory Processing Disorder!

"Totally agree with you OP. I've noticed a real jump in the usage of these labels for the most trivial things."

A child having trouble learning to read, whilst not life or death can hardly be classed as 'trivial'. It's not in the same league as a waitress being labelled a 'food vendor operating utility advisor activist' is it?

Sensory issues and not getting hand dirty, as lots of other posters have said are totally different.
Dd1 hated dirty hands. So she would wash them as soon as a speck of dirt got on them. Made doing finger painting interesting.
Ds has slight sensory issues. He's very mild, but it's things like if we go to the beach he takes ages to get used to the feel of sand on his feet-he wants to be carried so he can't feel it, for the first hour or two. He wants to go and play with it, but can't bear the feel.
He also does the licking thing someone else mentioned-if he's feeling embarrassed/shy there's nothing makes him feel better than giving my cheek a lick. And he licks other things too, although he's getting much better now. And the noise of the freezer-so mild no one else really notices it most of the time-can have him with his hands over his ears hiding at the opposite end of the house.
But he loves to have his hands (and everything else) dirty.

When I was learning German at school, if I remember rightly, they often ran lots of words together to describe something that has one word in English. Like diversion being translated as "thisisthewayyouneedtogobecausetheotherwayisblocked". (Not really, the only German I actually remember is how to count to 5 and where to find the nearest person who speaks English.) So maybe we're just catching up with them.