Scottish schoolchildren are ‘special’

Nearly half of Scottish school kids are “special,” the latest government data shows. Forty-three percent of Scottish kids had “additional support needs,” the most common being “social, emotional and behavioral difficulties.” Why so high? A generation of parents has failed its children. Modern parenthood is catastrophic, with no strong teaching on raising stable, sociable, self-disciplined children and little to no protection from horrific online influences. The other side of this story is a government that encourages disability. Parents of a child diagnosed with adhd, for example, can be paid by the state to stay as the “designated carer” of their own child. Perhaps the most financially beneficial thing many Scottish parents can do is to find a disability for them to claim and thereby receive a higher post-tax income than most workers. These kinds of perverse laws have led Britain’s economy and society to become a sick joke.