Parents "know".. especially Mothers

[SoCalDem]

6. I think that private schools may be the worst to address this because they rely on big-bucks

from parents, so they usually do not want to rock the boat, lest the parents take the kid out of their school.

I too had a child with special needs (his was due to a physical birth defect that required him to wear a diaper until he was almost 9 yrs old,) and he endured teasing and he did not like school much at all. He could not trust many kids, and learned the hard way that some kids were just plain mean. He did form friendships and of course he had good psychological counseling for a lot of his growing up years..

His best friend he has had for almost 30 years (met his as a kid on the same soccer team). Their wives are best of friends too

Even parents in denial, know there is a problem. There needs to be a DE-stigmatization of mental health care..and for it to become common for people to seek counseling. We cannot know it all all the time, and we all need help now and then.