Parents in denial

Hunt
Wed, 23 Jun 2010 10:18:41 +0000

I have to say that nothing in this thread has changed my first impression, based on the statement that the boy is “smarter than all his teachers.” I think the family has a victim attitude, and that everything will be blamed on somebody else. I don’t think there is much the OP can do–I’ve seen a family like this, and the attitude is passed down from generation to generation–the members of the family are smart, but they fail because somebody else has it in for them, etc, etc, etc. They end up going from job to job, because (of course) they are smarter than their supervisors. There may eventually be some event that will wake this kid up, but I doubt that it will be advice from anybody. Any advice that suggests that his problems are of his own (or his parents’) making will just make them think that you are also one of the people trying to hold him back. I wish I had some better ideas.