Imo, it suggests the opposite. Some of my kids are "good" -- helpful and compliant. Some are PITA's whenever it comes to asking them to do things. To me, it sounds like maybe she was comparing his behavior favorably to other children she deals with. Honestly, I'm confused about how one could say that her comments suggest the opposite of her comments :::shrug:::
1. Because SM mentions the helpfulness at all, having been given a blank sheet of paper, is noteable. If it stops here, okay, credible.
2.a Four points of emphasis in a short space (bolded). Why is this taking so much importance or precedence in the words SM is forming?
2.b Three distancing statements in same space (underlined).
Now of course perhaps she always uses similar verbal tics. Which would weaken my case greatly. Looking purely at the quoted statement though, the comments about video games / noticing sick people, which bookend the helpfulness comments, are absent of these.
3. The phrase "
You know sometimes with kids we have to remind them and things like that and thats okay".
This is an awkward, and awkwardly placed rumination on discipline and punishment. SM only just 4 times, literally last sentence, emphasised how Gannon never needed reminding to do as asked.
It's not Gannon any more, its a kid. And its not her, its the third person 'we'. And it's 'okay'. Well, why wouldn't it be? And what are these 'things like that' that this ever-helpful child required beyond simple reminding?
Its interesting that this rumination is not rounded off as a sentence. And that the next stop for the stream of consciousness is thoughts on sickness given, again, SM could have used any words on any topic at this juncture. But my main thrust is with the other points.
Reporter: "Can you talk to me a little bit about him I dont know him."
SM: "Gannon is so kind and he loves to play video games that's one of his favourite things he loves sonic and mario and you know hes always helpful and that he was always so helpful with the dogs around the house and you know two little cute dogs and he was always like a person I would say Gannon can you do this and he would do it right away. You know sometimes with kids we have to remind them and things like that and thats okay but he was so sweet and able to help anyone he could notice when you're sick and say 'are you okay' and such a kind heart."
