@autoexec.batman said:

@Dedoc1967 said:

Wed Nov 14

• Charlotte is a little know-it-all bitch

Yeah, I didn't get that, why was she being such a bitch? What problem does she have with Finn? Has she ever even met him?

She's also bullying Aiden. Maybe her well-deserved slap-down on Spencer has emboldened her darker nature?

Does Charlotte even know that Aiden is her cousin?

@Dedoc1967 said:

She's also bullying Aiden.

She is? Guess I missed that.

@autoexec.batman said:

@Dedoc1967 said:

She's also bullying Aiden.

She is? Guess I missed that.

“Aiden never speaks. I don’t think he can even talk.”

Why is Charlotte so mean anyway? Does it come from living with Lulu?

Bingo was her name-o. Valentin really is the better parent.

And while we're at it, where the hell was Lulu when Charlotte was acting up? Was she at the back of the class snickering with Chase how he should date Willow?

And another thing... at what point did Charlotte get to be older than Rocco???

Wed. 11/14

Laura thinks Elizabeth should ask for parenting advice from a deadbeat dad... who lives on the other side of the world.

Franco gives REALLY horrible directions.

Scott likes A LOT of cream cheese on his bagel while he gives good advice.

Curtis moonlights as a mailman.

Finn thinks bad presentations cause bleeding. Yeah, he's not a very good doctor....

@Dedoc1967 said:

Bingo was her name-o. Valentin really is the better parent.

I'm sure that's the opposite of where this is headed. Lulu will say she is becoming her father.

And while we're at it, where the hell was Lulu when Charlotte was acting up? Was she at the back of the class snickering with Chase how he should date Willow?

I was wondering the same thing. The time she disappeared they purposely had someone's head blocking the view of where Lulu was sitting at before than eventually shown as missing from view.

However I am more sickened that this is the best they can do with Michael?

Laura tells Liz that Liz is raising three kids alone, conveniently ignoring the fact that Franco is engaged to Liz, has been living with her and the boys for a while, and will soon be their stepfather. And Liz apparently also forgets Franco's existence because she doesn't correct Laura.

The number of kids in Willow's class constantly fluctuates between 7,8, and 12 by the minute.

Charlotte hates Finn's guts for no reason.

Anna feels she has the right to tell Valentin to leave her son alone--despite the fact that Peter is a grown ass man who can make his own decisions, and who wants absolutely nothing to do with Anna.

Aiden being quiet and shy at school has become a national crisis in PC. No one was this concerned when Cameron was setting fires, or when Jake returned as a little sociopath.

@kathykato said:

Aiden being quiet and shy at school has become a national crisis in PC. No one was this concerned when Cameron was setting fires, or when Jake returned as a little sociopath.

One doesn't need to be an expert in child psychology to know that when a child who was previously active, talkative and friendly suddenly becomes withdrawn, distant and refuses to speak to anyone, that something is seriously wrong. To give you an example, this kind of sudden change into being sullen, distant, quiet and refusing to socialize with anyone is one sign of a child who has been sexually assaulted. This is how children react when they have undergone some kind of trauma. Elizabeth and Franco are right to be concerned.

Hey Auto, I don't need a tutorial on troubled and traumatized kids. I worked in a mental health crisis unit for 17 years and currently work in a residential treatment program for troubled youth. So I " get" troubled kids.

The problem I'm having with this storyline is that we keep hearing a lot about how troubled and shutdown Aiden is, but we are just not seeing it. Apart from him not answering a question in class yesterday, we haven't seen first-hand this big dramatic change in his personality that Liz and the teacher keep talking about. When I studied creative writing in college, the golden rule was show, don't tell. Now I understand that this young actor is not very emotive and not the best of the crop of young actors on GH, but the hype they are making about Aiden does not match what we are seeing. Anyway, I thought this thread was supposed to be light-hearted poking fun of things, and that was the context of my comment.

@kathykato said:

Hey Auto, I don't need a tutorial on troubled and traumatized kids. I worked in a mental health crisis unit for 17 years and currently work in a residential treatment program for troubled youth. So I " get" troubled kids.

Then why were you ridiculing the notion that Aiden not speaking is a huge problem?

@kathykato said:

Laura tells Liz that Liz is raising three kids alone, conveniently ignoring the fact that Franco is engaged to Liz, has been living with her and the boys for a while, and will soon be their stepfather. And Liz apparently also forgets Franco's existence because she doesn't correct Laura.

I think Liz considers Cameron grown and Franco as her third child.

Aiden being quiet and shy at school has become a national crisis in PC. No one was this concerned when Cameron was setting fires, or when Jake returned as a little sociopath.

LOL. At least they're portraying Liz more realistically now. When was the last time we heard "the boys" were at Audrey's house.

@autoexec.batman said:

@kathykato said:

Hey Auto, I don't need a tutorial on troubled and traumatized kids. I worked in a mental health crisis unit for 17 years and currently work in a residential treatment program for troubled youth. So I " get" troubled kids.

Then why were you ridiculing the notion that Aiden not speaking is a huge problem?

Like KK said, it's light-hearted thread. I don't get your response.

Aiden is speaking. He's speaking at home normally, it's not as though he's suddenly become mute. We saw him not answer a question the teacher asked him in class yesterday. She said he is becoming more withdrawn, she did not say he has become mute.

My main issue with this SL, to reiterate, is that we are hearing about Aidan's drastic personality change but not seeing it. It is a combination of poor writing-- telling rather than showing-- and the limited abilities of this very young actor. With the "Jake is disturbed" SL, we actually saw Jake act in a disturbing manner. In my opinion, both young actors portraying Jake managed to convey a disturbed child. Aiden made one disgusted face in class yesterday, and that has been the extent of this child's acting abilities.

I really didn't mean to get into another debate. Iwas trying to make light of the subject. I thought it was a foregone conclusion that most of the SL's and acting on GH are worthy of being mocked.

@kathykato said:

Aiden is speaking. He's speaking at home normally, it's not as though he's suddenly become mute. We saw him not answer a question the teacher asked him in class yesterday. She said he is becoming more withdrawn, she did not say he has become mute.

My main issue with this SL, to reiterate, is that we are hearing about Aidan's drastic personality change but not seeing it. It is a combination of poor writing-- telling rather than showing-- and the limited abilities of this very young actor. With the "Jake is disturbed" SL, we actually saw Jake act in a disturbing manner. In my opinion, both young actors portraying Jake managed to convey a disturbed child. Aiden made one disgusted face in class yesterday, and that has been the extent of this child's acting abilities.

I really didn't mean to get into another debate. Iwas trying to make light of the subject. I thought it was a foregone conclusion that most of the SL's and acting on GH are worthy of being mocked.

We barely see Aiden so we have to go with what Liz says is wrong with him.