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So I just recently attended a training on children in metropolitan communities and how labels affect their ability to succeed in school. We were asked to watch a video and then name the words that come to mind to describe what we saw. There were many labels and descriptions that came to mind to describe the children we saw, but the question is were they right?
When we go grocery shopping, we know which can or item to place in our basket because of the labels. What if the company that the bulk of our items shopped for mistakenly placed the wrong labels on the items? We would end up with different items than expected or needed for our meals. Or end up taking in more sodium or calories than wished. So lets think about this same thing when it comes to people.
In my profession, we get paid as clinicians to label clients that come to see us. So we must be accurate or acknowledge our uncertainty in our label assignments via diagnoses as well as notifications to doctors, attorneys, and school officials about others. A label is everlasting causing a person to think that the label must be true. When we call our children ADD or hyperactive, they have no choice except to believe it. When we call our men poor fathers, they have no choice except to believe it. When we hear that we are ugly and fat growing up, we have no choice except to believe it. So I challenge everyone that has ever been labeled to relabel yourself or prove your label wrong today!! Not sure how, come see us at All About You Counseling Services!
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