to luv2hack,
I spent some time thinking about my reply to you, and realized that it was highly insensitive.
Although my original post was regarding the problems placing frustrated children in many and various places, and not the “boredom” of the off days, I wrote that “no one has a monopoly on pain”, and “your pain does not mitigate the pain of others”, and that was uncalled for.
No one can measure pain, and no one should be commenting on another individual’s pain in this way. As I happen to be going through my own very difficult “pain” at the moment (no, the the placement issue), I am touchy and easily riled. That does not give me the right to hurt someone else.
I will try to be much more careful in the future. Please be Mochel me.