That, however, was the recommendation of Carter's guardian
ad litem, or court - appointed advocate, who recently reviewed the multiple medications Burton takes and
recommended a halt to the feedings.
The parenting coordinator can think up all kinds of activities to do and with which to require the parents to comply: pseudo-therapy (unregulated of course by the licensing boards because it's «not really» therapy, and it's «not really» law); «communications counseling»; «coaching»; reading of materials; various «educational» homework assignments; meetings with one or the other of the parties, meetings together, meetings with various combinations of others; demands for disclosure, frequently in writing, of private thoughts, emotions, and information; consultations and strategy sessions with the children's guardian
ad litem and parents» court - ordered or parenting coordinator - ordered therapists; meetings with the children's physicians and teachers; meetings with anyone at all; ordering of a parent into supervised visitation or therapeutic visitation;
recommending to the court therapies of all kinds with yet more of the helping professionals — almost anything.