A Dangerous Son

It's a small window into the true life of mental illness and the struggles of those who love them. The people who judge, point fingers, and place blame have never walked a mile in the shoes of severe neurological conditions. This documentary gives a voice to those who suffer. It's up to us to listen.

It's terrible the situation these kids are in. A few things I noticed I that the mothers of the violent boy who beat up on his sister and the black boy didn't seem to deal out any consequences to their children when their violent or anti-social behavior occurred. The boy with anger problems literally pounded hard on his little sister while in the car. When they did get home, the mother lovingly escorts her violent son into the home while her beaten up daughter, who I think was 8, gets out of the car and goes in trailing behind mother and son; no hugs, no are you all right honey. Also, pretty much all the parents blame "the system," for not curing their child, or mismanaging their care or not wanting to pay for certain levels of treatment. It is THEIR CHILD to care for. No one is going to care about your child as much as a parent. And the whole world is not going to be responsible for your child. For the most part this documentary showed me how messed up some parents are.

Amazing and shocking! A must see film, it will change your outlook on how one views the disabled and challenge.

I empathize with the parents and those involved but I want to say this; often parents of kids with mental illness/behavioral problems attempt to help; many families feel that the more normal they make the home that it will somehow make the child become/feel normal. In this attempt, they will try to make things seem normal (siblings, pets) Here are my feelings and thoughts. The siblings and the pets MUST NOT be subjected to this disturbed child. A pet should NEVER be in a home with a disturbed individual, because in an instant they will go after the most vulnerable DON'T THINK THEY WON'T.

Another thing I know for a fact is that a divorce can emotionally damage a child forever; meaning if you have a child without behavioral issues they will after a divorce, and if they already have behavioral issues a divorce can and most often will push them over the edge.

And if you already have a child with behavioral issues do not bring a new baby into the mix and subject a NEW CHILD TO THE CHILD WITH BEHAVIORAL ISSUES. Why would you want to damage a new baby?

I have so many discussions to have with the amount of negative views to this documentary, I am 41, married with 4 boys..8 to 14 yrs and 3/4 boys have ADHD, ASD, Lacking Melatonin Hormone, Severe Behaviour Issues. I have completely understood all of the mums and dad in the documentary and my heart goes out to them xx. I believe that yes the system has let us down, we are in UK and our 9 yr old boy has been waiting for a referral for 3 yrs + now to then be assessed for 2 yrs and then given a diagnosis. In the mean time we just have to it take day by day. Me as mum will look around feeling envious of those who are raising non-challenging children but as I will always say there's never a dull day in our household!