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I was a neurodivergent child and managed to be trained by my parents to behave well in public spaces. It can be done. There are likely exceptions--there always are--but neurodivergence isn't an automatic pass for bad behavior.
@Purpleburner, funny, my parents had no trouble controlling my brother and me when we were kids back in the day. If we misbehaved, we never got to do whatever it was again, or at least not for a good long while, and that was conveyed clearly and followed through from a very early…Â
As a teacher, I was confused by that, too. In the USA, there are privacy laws that make sharing other kids information with people who are not their parents illegal. Maybe the person meant they were sick of their own appointment being delayed because someone else's went long?
@etconner, As a GenXer, I was raised by a generation who believed in allowing us a whole lot of freedom in navigating the world. I didn't grow up overscheduled because 1) we couldn't afford a million activities, and 2) my parents believed that occasionally we needed to entertain ourselves.…Â
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