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Original poster

to think "My child won't speak" is a load of tosh

162 replies

bruceb · 02/02/2010 22:56

My DW is sitting next to me on the settee and she was dictating her version, which included the words "fucking".

Parents pandering to unreasonable behaviour.

Discuss

OP posts:
AnyFucker · 02/02/2010 22:57

no

move along now, nothing to see here....

EmilyStrange · 02/02/2010 22:58

I don't understand what you are objecting to?

Olifin · 02/02/2010 22:59

I don't think so bruceb.

What exactly are the parents doing to 'pander' to it?

Angelcat666 · 02/02/2010 23:00

Neither do I

hbfac · 02/02/2010 23:00

This is one of those experiences: someone appears to be speaking the same language; individually, the word make sense; grammatically, it's correct ... but meaning is elusive.

Reminds me of reading Heidegger (in English) for the first time ... .

TheCrackFox · 02/02/2010 23:02

What a strange OP.

hobbgoblin · 02/02/2010 23:02

Have you and DW just had a row?

EmilyStrange · 02/02/2010 23:03

I want to object but can't as I have no idea what the OP is talking about

MillyR · 02/02/2010 23:03

It does make sense.

It is just an unusual description.

StewieGriffinsMom · 02/02/2010 23:04

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EmilyStrange · 02/02/2010 23:05

Please explain MillyR so I can join the debate

Hulababy · 02/02/2010 23:05

No discussion to be had surely.

Selective mutism is a recognised conditon.

Have taught a lovely little girl with SM in the past (she was in Y7). She was lovely, worked so hard and the SM was obviously something she struggled with herself.

It is not unreasonable behaviour.

hbfac · 02/02/2010 23:06

[Hanging round - intrigued by MillyR's gnomic utterance - aims for Stewigriffin'smom's indifference - fails.]

StewieGriffinsMom · 02/02/2010 23:07

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hbfac · 02/02/2010 23:08

Ah.

Silly person.

Am off - any more is definitely pandering to attention-seeking behaviour.

MaggieTaSeFuar · 02/02/2010 23:08

dictating her version of what to whom?

MaggieTaSeFuar · 02/02/2010 23:09

oh i love the new confused face! how long have we had that?

Hulababy · 02/02/2010 23:09

I am assuming OP is referring to the BBC 1 programme on this evening about SM. I didn't watch it but seem some clips earlier int hre day

SuperBunny · 02/02/2010 23:09
Hmm
LaurieFairyCake · 02/02/2010 23:09

So to summarise the OP - both you and your wife think that selective mutism is a load of 'fucking tosh'?

that would make you both arseholes then?

overmydeadbody · 02/02/2010 23:09

YABU and showing your ignorance, as is your wife.

Have you never heard of selective mutism? It's not unreasonable behaviour, it is a recognised condition and parents don't pander to it

Even shyness is not just a result of parental pandering.

islandofsodor · 02/02/2010 23:10

Assume the OP is talking about the programme on Tv at the moment about selective mutism.

The OP is talking tosh

Original poster
bruceb · 02/02/2010 23:11

Well we both think that this is a load of rubbish.

Defining something as a 'condition' doesn't mean I have to believe it.

Lots of medicos talk rubbish which is subsequently debunked.

Phrenology was a recognised 'science' for many years.....

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MillyR · 02/02/2010 23:11

Emily, I think what the OP is saying is that his wife is too busy to post on MN ( I am imagining her painting her nails in glittery red nail varnish and drinking rum), so her DP posts on MN on her behalf.

So the DW says 'that 'my child won't speak' is a load of fucking tosh.' Write that on MN for me.'

The OP does so, but tones it down by removing the 'fucking' because he is mean-spirited but slightly more moderate than his wife.

overmydeadbody · 02/02/2010 23:11

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