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Old Aug 15, 2008 | 02:53 PM
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Originally Posted by holvey
You have to wonder what Joe's mom is going to do to this kid? Hopefully something... I still say shame on her for not being a more heavy handed parent in this situation. Joe has been arrested for fraud before, been on probation... but he has mom paying the car loan on a 2004 celica?

If I had a kid that was prosecuted for anything, you better believe that if he lived under my roof that he would have some rules to abide by.
Based on his behavior and history, I wonder if Joe doesn't suffer from Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome sufferers have a hard time understanding rules and the consequences of their actions. Joe seems like a perfect example: always breaking the rules in stupid ways and never learning from it.

Some other effects:

Originally Posted by Wikipedia
Functional difficulties may result from CNS damage in more than one domain, but common functional difficulties by domain include:[38][3][42][43] (This is not an exhaustive list of difficulties.)
Achievement — Learning disabilities
Adaptive behavior — Poor impulse control, poor personal boundaries, poor anger management, stubbornness, intrusive behavior, too friendly with strangers, poor daily living skills, developmental delays
Attention — Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), poor attention or concentration, distractible
Cognition — Mental retardation, confusion under pressure, poor abstract skills, difficulty distinguishing between fantasy and reality, slower cognitive processing
Executive functioning — Poor judgment, Information-processing disorder, poor at perceiving patterns, poor cause and effect reasoning, inconsistent at linking words to actions, poor generalization ability
Language — Expressive or receptive language disorders, grasp parts not whole concepts, lack understanding of metaphor, idioms, or sarcasm
Memory — Poor short-term memory, inconsistent memory and knowledge base
Motor skills — Poor handwriting, poor fine motor skills, poor gross motor skills, delayed motor skill development (e.g., riding a bicycle at appropriate age)
Sensory integration and soft neurological problems — Sensory integration (SI) disorders, tactile defensiveness, under-sensitive to stimulation
Social communication — Intrude into conversations, inability to read nonverbal or social cues, "chatty" but without substance




I'm not saying this to be harsh; I mean it. If it's true, it's a tragedy for Joe and his family.