I found this piece imformative. being a parent of a bipolar child and going thru some of the sames heartaches and frustration, I myself feel so alone sometimes with people judging you or your child because of his behavior. I my self found it comforting to know someone else shares my frustration of making someone understand your child and his pain , the struggles he or she may have with every day life... I commend these young people and thier families for sharing such personal strides.......... BRAVO
My late mother was bipolar, undiagnosed till she was in her late 60s. I used to think how different her life would have been had she received help during adolescence. Of course, as this documentary ably demonstrates she’d have had to have been born in America within the last twenty years, had alert, caring parents, lived in an area with savvy pediatricians and an enlightened school district, etc. etc, to have had a prayer. It’s a complicated diagnosis, treatment is by experiment and feel, the strain on family members intense, and the prognosis uncertain. I remember my mother saying she’d give anything just to know what it felt like to be “normal.” Listening to these three young people struggle to hold onto themselves, I understood even more of what she went through. There’s a good range of professionals interviewed (though a couple of them are so dry I had to pinch myself to pay attention). It’s the kids and moms at the heart of the report who move you. The strain, fear, anger, hope touched me, and there’s much useful and interesting information to contemplate. Adolescence is a hard enough stretch for kids and parents to navigate. Mental illness makes the journey endlessly more treacherous. Highly recommend as health or youth-related programming.
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beverly woods
Posted on May 17, 2007 at 07:44 AM | Permalink
Review of The Wild Child: Coping with a Bipolar Youth
I found this piece imformative. being a parent of a bipolar child and going thru some of the sames heartaches and frustration, I myself feel so alone sometimes with people judging you or your child because of his behavior. I my self found it comforting to know someone else shares my frustration of making someone understand your child and his pain , the struggles he or she may have with every day life... I commend these young people and thier families for sharing such personal strides.......... BRAVO
Sydney Lewis
Posted on November 11, 2004 at 10:07 AM | Permalink
Review of The Wild Child: Coping with a Bipolar Youth
My late mother was bipolar, undiagnosed till she was in her late 60s. I used to think how different her life would have been had she received help during adolescence. Of course, as this documentary ably demonstrates she’d have had to have been born in America within the last twenty years, had alert, caring parents, lived in an area with savvy pediatricians and an enlightened school district, etc. etc, to have had a prayer. It’s a complicated diagnosis, treatment is by experiment and feel, the strain on family members intense, and the prognosis uncertain. I remember my mother saying she’d give anything just to know what it felt like to be “normal.” Listening to these three young people struggle to hold onto themselves, I understood even more of what she went through. There’s a good range of professionals interviewed (though a couple of them are so dry I had to pinch myself to pay attention). It’s the kids and moms at the heart of the report who move you. The strain, fear, anger, hope touched me, and there’s much useful and interesting information to contemplate. Adolescence is a hard enough stretch for kids and parents to navigate. Mental illness makes the journey endlessly more treacherous. Highly recommend as health or youth-related programming.