-=> Quoting Jerry Schwartz to Regina Finan <=-
 JS> [Jan 06, 97 - 17:16] Regina Finan of 1:2410/534 wrote to All:
 
 RF> I have a question for you all.  Is it possible that low self-esteem can 
be
 RF> a disorder of some type by itself?  Or is low self-esteem only 
contributed
 RF> to by environmental and/or other disorders?
 JS> I don't think low self-esteem is a medical condition, but rather a
 JS> consequence of something else which could be either medical or
 JS> environmental.  For that matter, I am convinced that personality is to
 JS> some degree inborn rather than learned. 
 
 If it is inborn and not learned, than there would have to be some genetic
 relationship or tendency for it associated with either a learning disability
 or other disorders such as ADD/ADHD or mental disposition.
 JS> AD(H)D tends to make some people rather rigid, rule-oriented, or
 JS> reliant upon familiar structures. 
 JS> Jerry Schwartz
 My 12 year old is somewhat getting like that.  He loves to write down on
 paper rules of his bedroom and other things.  He also could not stand the
 being away from school (I homeschool) this holiday.  I had to have one
 day in there that was structured for him.  Now he asked for it.  I thought
 they would love the vaction time, but realized that for him this was not
 the case.
 He is also waiting the time he can babysit.  He has a little bit, a few
 minutes here and there.  He has actually organized it.  He has a book
 with the phone numbers in case and asks for instructions (all grown-up
 like).  He is also very spiritual.  Loves to study about God and stuff.
 I am finding him to be a real delight more rather than less.  Because we
 do alot of the homeschooling (reading and writing) based on subjects the
 children are interested in their memory skills and attention is much
 better.  My curriculm is based on Thinking and Comprehension skills.  I
 found that the more of this they have the better off they will be.  We
 are also learning HOW to follow directions, which is the worst skills I
 have found that ADD/ADHD children have.
 Regina
 Regina
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