| Parents with difficult children - like those that have bad, | | | | learned helplessness is definitely not good. Learned |
| inappropriate, or abusive behavior - are faced with | | | | helplessness is not an excuse to make your child feel |
| everyday problems that they'd consider mouthfuls for | | | | immune from responsibility or functioning properly. |
| normal people to handle. But what about those with | | | | Because what really divides the normal from the |
| children who have special needs? What problems do | | | | special is that the former can do things more easily |
| parents with handicapped or impaired children face? | | | | than the latter. It doesn't necessarily mean that special |
| Every parent who has a child that is special because | | | | children with impairments or handicaps can't do those |
| of certain impairments or handicaps would always | | | | things at all. They deserve equal treatment not special |
| dread or fear for their child more than parents of | | | | treatment contrary to what people think. By giving |
| normal kids would. But this behavior of spoiling, | | | | them all fair treatment without looking over the |
| worrying or pitying for children with impairments or | | | | impairments, children hopefully learn to develop the right |
| handicaps is not very ideal in the family environment or | | | | problem solving skills needed in order to enhance their |
| learning environment of the child in question. | | | | reasoning skills and acquire other necessary facets |
| There is a thin dividing line that separates how normal | | | | important for their holistic growth. |
| children and the special ones with impairments and | | | | A lot of parents might ask as to what extent should |
| handicaps should be treated. Sadly, most parents tend | | | | fair be fair. It is really up to the parent's clear |
| to make the mistake of seeing that line blurred and | | | | discernment on what they think is fair for their child |
| end up making their kid develop 'learned helplessness'. | | | | with special needs. As long as they keep in mind that |
| Learned helplessness is a condition when children who | | | | their bar of achievement is attainable for their child |
| think they are helpless learn to use this label on | | | | without letting them feel or think that the effort they will |
| themselves to their advantages. Parents should be | | | | be exerting would be wasted or undermined. |
| distressed and alarmed about this mistake because | | | | |