>> I'd actually like to have some of the adults in Lawrence's /school/ talking about how not to make the kid's life any worse for a while. "Kid's got more than enough to process already. You keep shoving those support group pamphlets at him and you're going to make it WORSE!" <<
:D Oh, please give me that as a prompt tomorrow! They already have at least one teacher in their court, Mr. Marshall -- who is probably pissed at the school nurse for her handling of Lawrence showing up with bruises. I could have so much fun with Mr. Marshall in the teachers' lounge hammering everyone else to leave them the fuck alone, and then going to Stan and Lawrence and asking them to come up with at least a first step to addressing the issue. Doesn't have to be big, just a start, to shut people up before the adults make it worse. As long as Lawrence has Stan right there to lean on, and isn't knocked face-first into a puddle of crap he can't deal with, it should be stretchy but not shattering.
>> And the problem is, /most/ "help" comes across exactly that way: respond OUR way to OUR suggestions or you don't "want" help.
Which is abusive in its own way, but harder to fight. <<
Agreed, and this is a thing that needs to be shown so that people can recognize it as abuse. Some solutions are contraindicated for some people. Failing to respect that is the opposite of help.
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Re: Lawrence
Date: 2014-11-04 04:39 am (UTC):D Oh, please give me that as a prompt tomorrow! They already have at least one teacher in their court, Mr. Marshall -- who is probably pissed at the school nurse for her handling of Lawrence showing up with bruises. I could have so much fun with Mr. Marshall in the teachers' lounge hammering everyone else to leave them the fuck alone, and then going to Stan and Lawrence and asking them to come up with at least a first step to addressing the issue. Doesn't have to be big, just a start, to shut people up before the adults make it worse. As long as Lawrence has Stan right there to lean on, and isn't knocked face-first into a puddle of crap he can't deal with, it should be stretchy but not shattering.
>> And the problem is, /most/ "help" comes across exactly that way: respond OUR way to OUR suggestions or you don't "want" help.
Which is abusive in its own way, but harder to fight. <<
Agreed, and this is a thing that needs to be shown so that people can recognize it as abuse. Some solutions are contraindicated for some people. Failing to respect that is the opposite of help.