Carol Black @cblack__

Writer, filmmaker, observer of nameless things. Off-leash learning for all. carolblack.org Joined November 2010

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Carol Black @cblack__

2 days ago

@NickTaber @KemtrupTweets @drockerr Kemtrup is losing it.

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@KemtrupTweets @dsowens17 But overall, the degree of subjectivity to more routine mental health diagnosis and treatment leaves children more vulnerable to the perceptions and judgments of individual adults with no functional system of checks and balances.

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Carol Black @cblack__

6 days ago

@KemtrupTweets @dsowens17 Where mental health problems meet these three criteria, as with suicidality or severe eating disorders, I don't see a lot of criticism of practitioners who recommend the best available interventions in the hope of preserving safety and life.

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Carol Black @cblack__

a week ago

@KemtrupTweets Nick says “Any time we’re just in pro vs anti anything we’re not actually looking for what’s true.” How is this substantively different from the point you’re making in your last tweet?

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Carol Black @cblack__

a week ago

@KemtrupTweets You say that child therapy can be “ethically hard” or “ethically challenging,” particularly in light of family and legal systems. Elsewhere you use the term “problematic.” What’s the point of disagreement here that prevents respectful engagement?

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Carol Black @cblack__

4 weeks ago

@proud_penelope Well, their nervous system is probably a little activated ;)

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Carol Black @cblack__

4 months ago

@psychgeist52 Sorry to deluge you, but I think it's good for all psychology professionals to be aware this is a really big can of worms with truly tragic consequences, and it is gendered in a number of ways. centerforjudicialexcellence.org/cje-projects-i…

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Carol Black @cblack__

4 months ago

@psychgeist52 "...parents engaged in high conflict litigation often present with ongoing violence and mental health problems... Separation can be the most dangerous time for not only adult victims of domestic violence but also for children." justice.gc.ca/eng/rp-pr/cj-j….

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Carol Black @cblack__

4 months ago

@psychgeist52 The parent with the deepest pockets can hire ill-qualified psychological “experts” to support their position and the courts make no serious fact-finding effort with child safety as the priority.

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Carol Black @cblack__

4 months ago

@psychgeist52 This is true, but the larger problem is that family courts are focused on parents’ rights over child safety, with the result that children are being endangered when there is in fact a parent warning the court, with evidence, of the risk.

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Carol Black @cblack__

6 months ago

@DrGipps @proud_penelope Where he's focusing the responsibility for parents is on dealing with your issues ideally before you have kids, because the more unprocessed stuff you have, the more likely you are to do things that hurt your children. That's not an excuse, it's acknowledging the reality.

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Carol Black @cblack__

6 months ago

@DrGipps @proud_penelope I think he does a pretty good job. There's a sort of abject acknowledgment which is just as much about the self as defensiveness. He is very clear that he hurt his son, states what he could have done that would have been better, and says, "this is what happened."

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Carol Black @cblack__

6 months ago

@JonathanShedler @nowtheo It would be an argument for paid parental leave and affordable health care and other policies that reduce the enormous stresses on families of young children.

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Carol Black @cblack__

6 months ago

@JonathanShedler @nowtheo I understand. I'm saying that whether or not you feel his statements are scientifically accurate, they are not inherently blaming or moralizing. If it turned out that parental stress played a role the development of attention problems, I don't see how that vilifies parents.

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Carol Black @cblack__

6 months ago

@JonathanShedler @nowtheo It's hard to see how any self-aware parent could dispute that parental stress affects children, particularly infants and toddlers, in complicated ways. Speaking as a parent, this is not remotely blaming of parents. This is how difficult circumstances affect a family.