Moms for Liberty on mental health

[Tom Paris]

So, your school doesn’t have kids suffer from a mental health crisis? They dont have “a bad day”? Thgey dont have home issues (abuse, hunger, chronic illness)?

So much ignorance of what we have to do working with kids in schools. I work on mental health every frigging day.

 

[TennNole17]

The MFL candidate here used a bunch of the “litter box in classrooms” shit. I spoke with her to see the real issues, SEL is kinda silly was the only thing I agreed on. It’s not a bad idea, but in practice (here) it’s a study hall.

At its core, MFL was originally about keeping traditional learning, but it’s ultimately been transformed into a fear group. Parents are a vulnerable bunch

 

[Tom Paris]

If you have trained professionals, that's another matter. I thought the point was not to have teachers or the like playing the role.

Not that it's completely clear what the hell they're actually talking about...

I'm sure it goes back to the schools offering up some form of mental health care that parents are notified about, or that it's done by someone they don't approve of, or that it's an approach they don't condone. (or some combo thereof)

Oh…now teachers aren’t trained professionals? Good God.

 

[BelemNole]

Goldmom says you’re all mean for picking on these patriots.

 

[theiacowtipper]

Of course they count.

My assertion, my reading of what they were stating in that tweet, is that the function of a school isn't healthcare -- you go to a doctor for that. You have nurses for minor stuff and emergency services like using the defib, but that's just ancillary help. A school offers incredibly limited services.

You're not relying on the school to for your child's healthcare. Just like you wouldn't with mental healthcare.

I'm guessing they were complaining about schools intervening in a way they wish they wouldn't where mental health care was considered.

I mean, imagine your kid comes home from school with insulin, a weight loss plan, and a diabetes diagnosis. And they tell you they got their fist shot that day. That would be a violation of your expectations of service a school ought to be providing. You weren't in on it, they decided a bunch of stuff and didn't tell you, and they acted on it.

What you might expect is that a school nurse would tell you about issues your kid has been having; or take care of a scraped knee or this or that. Or that the school counselor might fill you in on what he's noticed with your kid. You don't expect these people to be making important decisions for you.

Make sense?

Ok. Let me try and explain the real world. Healthcare is not a person. It’s a team. Perhaps the school nurse recognizes head lice when the parents don’t, or sees that a kid is sick or needs to go home, or isnt sick and can stay.

A school nurse might not diagnose diabetes, but may certainly recognize the signs. That’s healthcare. Nurses are every bit the healthcare professionals that physicians are.

 

[JamieRaterman]

From what I gather, they're questioning who should be involved in providing mental health support to students, especially if it's outside the realm of trained professionals. It's a valid concern—after all, we want the best care for our kids. But sometimes the lines get blurry, and it's hard to decipher what exactly they're aiming for. And you're spot on about the mention of AA meetings—seems like they're throwing in a whole mix of topics here. But hey, if anyone's looking for resources on that front, I stumbled upon this link: nationalrehabhotline.org . Might come in handy for someone.