Mom Asks 11-Year-Old Son She Claims Is Schizophrenic To Tell Her What Medication He Needs

Dr. Phil tells a mother who asked her child with autism to tell her whether he needs medication (and which kind), that neither she nor he, are competent to make those decisions.
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[@haileykearl4935]

This is HORRIBLE. No kid wants a camera with flash in their face like that.

[@sorayawhetung8661]

he looks distressed and out of it he’s probably tired poor kid

[@randomhumanoidblob4506]

I'd take the camera lights over that voice. That incessant, screechy, nagging voice. Susan should be used to interrogate terrorists, they'd sing like canaries just to make her shut up.

[@mariapoulos767]

I am so so happy these two babies were taken away from her. They were placed in foster care and are off ALL meds!

[@grachisol8236]

Unfortunately now that Jani is 18, she chose to live with her again. Only Bodhi doesn’t live with her.

[@jcamillo66]

How did you find out this information? I've been dying to know how they are doing?

[@grachisol8236]

@@jcamillo66 The Schofield truth is the channel where there have been updates, only about Jani. I don’t really know anything about Bodhi.

[@searat2]

wow! Are you sure?? I really hope so. because I saw the Documentary onJanny on discovery health channel when she was 7 I think and bthe brother was just a baby. I always thought their was something wrong with the mother. Sounds like Munchowsen syndrome. I know someone and their mom has Munchousin's syndrome. The mom sounds like that.

[@mariapoulos767]

@@grachisol8236 Are you sure? She went in front of the Judge and the case worker stood up with her and she and her brother have been off all the meds the crazy mom had her and brody on.

[@purpleraine2026]

I heard "I want you gone" "I want water" surprised she heard calm and alphabets WOW!

[@squeaktheswan2007]

Jani's "hallucinations" were number themed. She probably is trying to convince people that her son sees letters in a similar fashion.

[@sorayawhetung8661]

@@squeaktheswan2007 she’s diagnosed with schizophrenia by tons of psychiatrist

[@squeaktheswan2007]

@@sorayawhetung8661 Who? Jani?

[@misstati-tatianna1627]

Poor baby was probably dehydrated he clearly said he wants water !!!

[@ashleygilliland4331]

I heard just “gone” & “water”. It’s 5 in the morning, how is he not in bed?

[@amberv2012]

Watching that clip literally made me want to cry. She doesn't act very motherly.

[@alexandriaterrell2042]

It would be hard to have a child like that. Have some compassion for her.

[@amberv2012]

@@alexandriaterrell2042 I'm good. She doesn't have much compassion for her own child. She doesn't deserve it from me. You can have all the compassion you want for her though. There's 2 types of people in this world. Those who recognize a problem and those who try to make excuses for it. We know which one you are.

[@Rat_Queen86]

She isn’t- it’s a joke or a side show to her

[@owenlien1593]

I can’t believe these type of people exist

[@zekemedia1310]

Unfortunately they do and they seem to breed very rapidly

[@alyssa2796]

Wow this mom is awful. He should be removed from her care.

[@aishafortnitetips]

yeah he did

[@Areniapixie]

@@aishafortnitetips He was removed?! Need to look that up. I hope you are right 🤞🏻

[@sorayawhetung8661]

@@Areniapixie he’s in the foster care system

[@lilliqnrose]

Karly Robinson he’s in a group home, his sister was too, but when she turned 18, she was placed back with this psycho.

[@ashleygilliland4331]

He was & Jani, too. They were both taken off of all their medications & doing well while in foster care. However, I did read Jani is back with her. How true that is, I don’t know.

[@GonzoxxxDr]

How does she have custody of this child?? She is clearly incompetent when it comes to this child’s needs and care.

[@reiiano8701]

these children are in foster care i think now

[@roscoe4092]

She no longer has custody

[@LetLoLive]

Those videos are highly disturbing... If she doesn't see anything wrong with that then SHE IS what is WRONG

[@canadianrushfan12]

I hope Dr Phil reported this! No way to treat him.

[@merakime677]

They did! I think it was mainly Dr. Sophy! He doesn’t play around about this stuff.

[@nissiendoesyoutube6333]

That woman is vile Dr Phill had to tell her to stop the clip she's abusive

[@Cjsoc]

my heart this is absolutely torture to watch that poor boy

[@MissSpaz]

This woman is so incredibly awful. I have visual and auditory hallucinations and that... is not how you act when you have hallucinations.

[@jakegames2736]

Can you explain to me why she is awful I totally agree with you I just dont really understand I'm 13

[@jakegames2736]

@ʆίϯϯʆε ƒɾεδ ɓյσɾηα thankyou so much I understand now😁🥳😊

[@mr.tophat2728]

Most children don't even know the names of these medications so how can he

[@yaboijoel517]

Some people do not need to be parents

[@commodoreplus4792]

@ʆίϯϯʆε ƒɾεδ ɓյσɾηα is it a lithium compound

[@ashleygilliland4331]

As a parent, you should know what medications he needs. A child his age doesn’t know & can’t tell you.

[@nancynelms3929]

He appears to be over medicated to me. The mom needs medication.

[@kylejohnson1346]

At 1:00 he clearly is saying he wants her GONE He clearly is irritated and knows what’s going on but can’t communicate because she either drugged him or he is having a Seizure She knows what’s going on because she is sarcastic about everything He’s dehydrated and wants water probably cause she did drug him

[@idalarsen2540]

Yup. I was SO sure I heard him say "gone" and "WATER", yet she's there like oh sure you wanna talk about the damn ALPHABET!? Holy.. can someone just cap her already!?!?

[@squeaktheswan2007]

@@idalarsen2540 Yeah, baiscally. The reason she keeps misinterpreting it as "Calm " or "letters" is likely because Jani's "Hallucinations" were numbers, so she wants to make it seem like he's seeing letters that weren't there. Susan only cares about her narrative, unfortunately.

[@kennedy4257]

He's behaving that way because she's got him on so much meds. I think he'd be definitely more coherent and not so slumped if he wasn't medicated so heavily

[@propogandalf]

Very easy to make that snap judgment when you don't know what he's like off medication

[@kennedy4257]

@@propogandalf Very easy because he was never on medication in other documentaries and wasn’t so zoned out like he is

[@propogandalf]

@@kennedy4257 Not zoned out is not a comprehensive description of his behavior. Was he having emotional or physical outbursts? Was he unable to keep himself safe during these? Was he endangering others? Was he sleeping well? Thinking clearly? Anxious? Paranoid? These are the things that determine whether he needed the medication

[@kennedy4257]

@@propogandalf What you are describing has absolutely nothing to do with what I have said so please go annoy someone else. There’s absolutely no reason for a child to be sitting there like a paralyzed patient drooling at the mouth. He’s over medicated.

[@propogandalf]

@@kennedy4257 It's very clear you know nothing about mental health

[@faraboverubies98]

This brought tears to my eyes. This is so ridiculous! That poor baby. SMH

[@christiandenault7606]

Look at her arrogant smirk at 3:54 right after mentioning school shootings. This "mom" is so full of herself. No wonder Michael left her; she was probably abusive to him as well.

[@tpastudios8681]

That mom was a horrible parenting

[@paulgeorge3517]

Is*

[@sadeatthewhip1846]

If she doesn't quit pointing that preachy finger she's got

[@emmamontes9495]

the kid in the recording is slowly experiencing sensory overload, when you have auditory or visual hallucinations, that is not what it looks like (first clip).

[@goofball2228]

Bruh this woman is pissing me off! She is a terrible mother and I really hope this poor child gets the help he needs and gets tf away from this woman.

[@pauliina_784]

Those parents are bullies and make their way to get rid of him.

[@gena4638]

That video is BEYOND disturbing (not the child, the mother.)

[@cynthiafrank3858]

These children need to be taken away from her OMG someone needs to help this child

[@kylejohnson1346]

The only person who needs meds is this lady TURN THE CAMERA OFF😡😡😡😡

[@biljanabonner3158]

Bodhi said "I want you gone" so Susan just leave him alone jeeez she's doing this kid his head in

[@anaromello]

I'm so glad she lost custody and he's safe in a foster home. Even just watching the videos are torture, I can't imagine what it must be like for children being stuck with that crazy 24/7.

[@britney901]

This poor boy. This woman is just cruel.

[@aussieinnz4611]

My heart breaking 💔 He's just woke up, how can you not play with him and just love him, go outside watch the sun come up, have a piece of toast go for a walk. Shame on you😔

[@roscoe4092]

Thank GOD this child is safe and with foster care now

[@violetmoon6233]

Poor little sweet child 😢 🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@reneekowalsky8337]

lady stop taping your kid for embarrassment

[@elizabethperry2622]

So she’s got an issue with the psychiatrists and her solutions is to essentially ask her barely verbal grade schooler to be his own psychiatrist on a day to day basis? What? An 11 year old functioning completely neurotypically isn’t asked about what medicine they think they should take, they’re reminded to take what the doctor has prescribed and totally controlled by a parent as in “I put your pill on the counter. Don’t forget.”

[@miap6844]

This woman is the definition of abusive.

[@marciaallsbrook1028]

That woman is correct about mental health issues are put aside and not dealt with....sad. But she is off the chain too! Poor little boy.

[@deadfis39]

That mother is dispicable

[@shinobiplays907]

I can see why he left her. The video was enough to scare me away

[@paris-lovefromalaska8973]

I heard "I want water". I feel so bad for this baby... Never have I ever, mom... This grosses me out so bad....

[@rachelbis9291]

omg wtf is going on ,my heart ,this poor boy looks way too groggy

[@JessDStM]

This woman should be in prison. She has absolutely destroyed these kids lives and god only knows what she has and/or still does to them. My heart is so broken for these poor children.

[@ronibarnes4872]

Omg what have they done to this child? What is wrong with these people?

[@secretsquirrel7374]

I honestly don't think that child is capable of buying a gun and doing a school shooting at all! He can't even string a sentence together.

[@hannah_9832]

English is not my first language but seeing those videos...Bodhi was clearly saying "gone" and "water", I think he wanted her gone and it was thirsty

[@juggernaught2115]

Bro she has said that he has the mentality of probably a 2 year old, do you ask a 2 year old if they need medication? Wtf

[@JustJenn1982-zp6qh]

Something is clearly wrong with the mother.

[@Dr_Sheeda]

Oh my God this made me cry, poor poor kid. The mother needs to go to jail!

[@secretsquirrel7374]

At 0:16 She smiles like she really thinks this video is a good representation of her!

[@jeffwinkowski5393]

This poor child. Sweet kid.

[@leilanigirl777]

I’m watching this for the first time and I never imagined that the story would end up this way

[@Cheriberi6]

The kids were taken? Thank God!!

[@allysonbricknall8808]

'there is a problem with the mental health system' because she doesnt think she needs to be in the system. I hope this young vulnerable child is took away from her and placed in a loving foster carer

[@michaelll]

Man this kid is all med'd up. He's way over medicated. That's extremely messed up

[@ermionikiparissi8147]

Poor baby, this woman isn't fit enough to be his mother, shame on her !!

[@supernovatarot1928]

That breaks my heart.That wojman should be arrested.

[@pikapool8675]

the child did not say he needs medication these is insane he hardly talks

[@angelapennock2639]

That poor child. It’s abusive!!!

[@reecehall527]

So glad this sweetheart is safe now! This broke my heart! 🥺💔 I can’t believe this mother! Poor baby! A young child shouldn’t need to know everything little thing about adult stuff. I personally think medication is the parents job. Especially if the child has difficulties.

[@ljbomberplays1273]

That's just wrong that boy deserves much better care

[@taylsnicole]

They all are delusional. Pray for these children.

[@dalemcspadden943]

One minute in it's very clear she's not fit to care for that child.

[@tanyaphilstrom7077]

My God! Help those children!

[@AnimalCPRLady]

Please give this child a PECS book. He’s not able to say what he wants in a comprehensible way.

[@mizeli2972]

The narc rage in Susan's eyes is haunting 😊

[@Christinaifbbpro]

the flash right in his eyes its like shes totally oblivious to what shes doing to these children. shes so closed minded and one track minded its infuriating.

[@natalieskrinnik5474]

This is a small child, he doesn’t know what medications he needs, it makes him drowsy and lethargic.

[@jaasleenmaree4739]

Bih I would need some medication with parents like this. Juuust saying! Cause they tripping PERIOD Why would she record her son like that and put him on social media Wtf 😒

[@dagmarramgad5441]

If someone beat a child to the point that they were permanently drooling and catatonic, they would go to prison. Susan has done the same thing, only with medications. She is sick and what she’s done to these kids is criminal.

[@roscoe4092]

Her films are the most disturbing things I have seen in a while… and then her response to Phil afterwards… this woman is more ill than her son 😨

[@giselagarcea2476]

BRAVOOOOOOOOOOOOO DOCTOR !! she`s totally crazy

[@mariaczubernat6634]

He is having seizure

[@Someone-vx1op]

She really brought up the schools that had shootings

[@giselagarcea2476]

oh my god . i can´t believe this !! she is totally crazy !! poor boy and poor girl

[@alyssabernal6156]

My son has autism and this just breaks my heart💔... Autism or not you dont ever ask a child if they need medication or not. To me it seems like he is becoming over whelmed with her repeating the question over & over. It looks like he needs his space& He is having trouble trying to communicate & is becoming frustrated bc he cant say what he is trying to say. Iam no Dr. but It just blows my mind how she is handling this situation. Very concerning. Im glad there has been light shed to this with the Dr.Phil show bc it makes you wonder what goes on behind closed doors sadly.

[@gia1981]

That poor child 😓😓😓😓😓

[@hilbillie]

No.. he wasn't able to decide. But she did the right thing by asking him and showing him respect. He should be allowed to refuse in not a life threatening situation.

[@80bbygrl]

Omg, he is so drugged up!!!

[@armin8782]

No wonder poor kids go crazy living with her

[@G0t2luvMaggie]

Watching it as a person with a child with a level 3 autism and is limited verbally … I don’t question my son in front of a camera and ask if he wants medication. I give him the meds his doctors prescribe him. When they diagnose a child with autism they do an ADOSE test and several other evaluations; they just don’t slap autism on it. It’s abuse.

[@muajessicajean2]

These kids were taken by CPS from her

[@Crystalsgarden]

I cant believe she asked him what medications he needs. I have mental health issues and my meds are on a schedule. Not as i want them or which ones i think i need at a given time. And you surely dont ask a child who is clearly affected by something. Ive been under mental heath treatment since i was 13. Never has even a dr asked me what medications i need and when. I didnt go to med school, the dr did.

[@charmaineagathocleous5999]

I can't listen to this woman!! She is flippen crazy!!!

[@KErwinPhotos]

I hope these kids got removed from their care… Jesus Christ this is a high risk abuse situation🤯😳

[@erinmeral6499]

These people make me sick.

[@kylejohnson649]

After watching this episode I’m starting to really consider if dr Phil is even a real doctor Anyone who would come face to face with a situation like this would have turned this woman in And as a mandated reporter to should be ... it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to see the malicious intent of this mother

[@himani_gosain]

He did. The children were given to foster parents.

[@tainoroyal6585]

He is not a real doctor in the way that most people understand the term. He holds a DOCTORATE, that is not the same as being a medical doctor. People can hold doctorates in all sorts of subjects from knitting to engineering...it just means that you have spent four years at University writing a book on a specific subject (otherwise known as a PHD)....medical doctors (surgeons etc) hold an MD (or medical degree), it is very different.

[@alisonjones3795]

Dr.Phil let his license lapse. He is a tv personality.

[@squeaktheswan2007]

​@@tainoroyal6585 True. The thing is he let them on his show years ago so he's probably doing this for the controversy.

[@greenguitar731]

Susan really is unbearable

[@SweeTeaNLemon]

She is horrible. Just effin horrible. He's special needs and she will not accept it! She wants to question him and expects a comprehensive answer and she doesn't see the poor angel looking at her like " WHAT"? She's ridiculous and should not be left alone to care for any human, animal or living thing. Ugh!!!!

[@melissaladd3308]

Your correct Dr Phil

[@sakurafalls2468]

I know it's been 5 years but please please please tell me that this child was _immediately_ removed from their care after this episode.

[@rachelannsingh5981]

Parents and stepdad are really awful😡😔

[@mydailyangel]

THIS is child abuse.

[@NURSEGABRIELLE]

ABUSE

[@hangkertzy9722]

sicko mother 🤮🤮

[@Areniapixie]

I can’t believe what I am seeing! I hope to god she doesn’t have custody of that poor sweet child 🤞🏻🤞🏻

[@NURSEGABRIELLE]

This is appalling

[@rochellepratt4931]

Wow, I believe she's the one who needs physic meds

[@mightymartin4854]

I am on the autism spectrum, and my parents used to record my fits to show my *therapist,* *not* to put on KZbin, because they actually cared about me, unlike these two myopic wrecks.

[@tthomestead2763]

Youre asking a non verbal, autistic, CHILD what medication he needs while he's having a seizure. How absolutely absurd.

[@phillipsosa3353]

I really don't like this lady. He clearly said I want water not alphabet 🤦 and she has this smirk like she's doing what's best for him and she's completely ruining the kid and making his situation worse

[@isowiesow9035]

This woman thinks she is like the ghost whisperer or something