A Dangerous Son

Surface-level effective doc evokes the same feelings of helplessness in its viewers as it conveys in its subjects; bleak outlook results in frustration & selfish hope that this won't happen to you or someone you love.

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

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!

This is an excellent documentary by Oscar nominated director Liz Garbus. The people who gave it bad reviews found it uncomfortable to watch, and it is. It should be. Viewers should be very uncomfortable with the fact that the three women it follows had such a hard time getting any help for their sons. For the lower income mom, treatment was a luxury she could not afford. Garbus was inspired by the viral blog "I am Adam Lanza's Mother," written by one of the women in the documentary shortly after the Sandy Hook shooting, and the documentary does a great job of connecting the problem of lack of treatment available to mothers of boys with severe psychiatric issues with the problem of school shootings. (All of which have been committed by teenaged boys with psychiatric problems.) This documentary should be watched and shared and, mostly importantly, sent to our representatives, with a strong urging that they delegate funding to this issue.

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.