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> - "Persisting for at least 6 months to a degree that is maladaptive and immature..."

> - "The disorder impairs school, social or occupational functioning."

Which is pretty much the definition of typical little boys until recently. Read "The Ransom of Red Chief" http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/RanRed.shtm... for what was once considered typical. Today, that kid would be drugged into submission.

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Which is pretty much the definition of typical little boys until recently.

No, it's not. Typical members of an age group are by definition not immature relative to the average member of their age group. Thus they can't be maladaptively impaired in their functioning due to immaturity.

> Typical members of an age group are by definition not immature relative to the average member of their age group.

I think the argument is: "what happens to the average of a distribution when you throw out one tail?"

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