Comic Relief
Disparate Advice
As usual, this cartoon isn't really very funny at all. Many of the families that need help the most get bombarded with such different ideas for how to move in the right direction that they have trouble moving in any direction at all. So many of the people who are charged with helping those families don't have mechanisms for communicating with each other or a shared set of lenses and end up spinning their wheels in their efforts to help.
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"Wait, there are more
"Wait, there are more opinions here than people!"
What they need is even more
What they need is even more opinions on what they need!
"Mom, can we do homeschool?
"Mom, can we do homeschool? All I did was call Ms. Frazzle the wicked witch!!"
"He needs a Tier 1
"He needs a Tier 1 intervention!" "No, he needs Tier 2!!" "No, he's definitely Tier 3!!!" "Doesn't this family have enough tears already?"
That settled it. Billy would
That settled it. Billy would never misbehave in front of anyone again.
Grown-ups know best!
Grown-ups know best!
Uh...What problem we solvin'
Uh...What problem we solvin' here?
Good grief! We'll never come
Good grief! We'll never come up with a mutually satisfactory solution to my problems if the grown-ups can't collaborate with each other!
Order in the behavioral
Order in the behavioral court!
The kid pays the price
The kid pays the price because the adults don't have their collective act together...as usual.
I sure am glad that everyone
I sure am glad that everyone knows what's best for our family except us!
Do we have a new definition
Do we have a new definition of insanity here...?
All great suggestions...but
All great suggestions...but is there a "Plan B"?
Typical staff description of
Typical staff description of the `problem student' on the School Social Worker Referral Form!
Problem child, no. Problem
Problem child, no. Problem solutions, yes.
"All the kings horses and all
"All the kings horses and all the kings men couldn't...?"