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    Courage is a standard theme in popular movies, from Saving ­Private Ryan to the remake of True Grit. But The King's Speech, the charmingly modest film that's captured four Academy Awards this year, explores an entirely different kind of courage than the quality that's on display in battle, or on the frontier. It's not about scaling mountains or penetrating enemy lines; it's about vaulting emotional barriers and facing down internal foes. The most poignant scene in The King's Speech comes when a shaken Bertie, the painfully shy, tongue-tied second son of George V, arrives unannounced at his commoner speech therapist's home and begins to unburden himself for the first time. He was not present for his father's death, Bertie tells Lionel. "I was informed after the fact that my father's last words were, 'Bertie has more guts than the rest of his brothers put together,'" he stammers. Visibly conflicted, he adds: "Couldn't say that to my face." The scene that follows is an eerily apt depiction of the kind of breakthrough moments I've been privileged to witness as a child psychiatrist. Bertie comes across a half-finished model airplane one of Lionel's sons was working on when he arrived. When he comments ruefully that as a royal child he was never allowed to make models, Lionel encourages him to paint glue on the struts.

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    Courage is a standard theme in popular movies, from Saving ­Private Ryan to the remake of True Grit. But The King's Speech, the charmingly modest film that's captured four Academy Awards this year, explores an entirely different kind of courage than the quality that's on display in battle, or on the frontier. It's not about scaling mountains or penetrating enemy lines; it's about vaulting emotional barriers and facing down internal foes. The most poignant scene in The King's Speech comes when a shaken Bertie, the painfully shy, tongue-tied second son of George V, arrives unannounced at his commoner speech therapist's home and begins to unburden himself for the first time. He was not present for his father's death, Bertie tells Lionel. "I was informed after the fact that my father's last words were, 'Bertie has more guts than the rest of his brothers put together,'" he stammers. Visibly conflicted, he adds: "Couldn't say that to my face." The scene that follows is an eerily apt depiction of the kind of breakthrough moments I've been privileged to witness as a child psychiatrist. Bertie comes across a half-finished model airplane one of Lionel's sons was working on when he arrived. When he comments ruefully that as a royal child he was never allowed to make models, Lionel encourages him to paint glue on the struts.

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    Courage is a standard theme in popular movies, from Saving ­Private Ryan to the remake of True Grit. But The King's Speech, the charmingly modest film that's captured four Academy Awards this year, explores an entirely different kind of courage than the quality that's on display in battle, or on the frontier. It's not about scaling mountains or penetrating enemy lines; it's about vaulting emotional barriers and facing down internal foes. The most poignant scene in The King's Speech comes when a shaken Bertie, the painfully shy, tongue-tied second son of George V, arrives unannounced at his commoner speech therapist's home and begins to unburden himself for the first time. He was not present for his father's death, Bertie tells Lionel. "I was informed after the fact that my father's last words were, 'Bertie has more guts than the rest of his brothers put together,'" he stammers. Visibly conflicted, he adds: "Couldn't say that to my face." The scene that follows is an eerily apt depiction of the kind of breakthrough moments I've been privileged to witness as a child psychiatrist. Bertie comes across a half-finished model airplane one of Lionel's sons was working on when he arrived. When he comments ruefully that as a royal child he was never allowed to make models, Lionel encourages him to paint glue on the struts.

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    opposite:notthegutstodosomethingotherscan't,buttheguts
    to do something that's easy for other people but crushingly
    difficultforyou.

    It'sthekindofcouragethoseofuswhoworkwithchildrenwho
    havepsychiatricandlearningdisordersseeallthetime,whenkids
    struggle to overcome their terrors, or work twice as hard as
    otherstoaccomplishwhat'sexpectedofthem.

    Astherapists,weseecountlesskidsovercomehumiliationandfear
    otherkidsjustdon'thavetocontendwith.Weseekidsmuster
    enormousenergytoconquertheirinternalenemies,justaswe
    watchBertiepushthroughhisagonytobecomethekinghewants
    toandneedstobe.

    WesufferwithBertieashefailsdismally,mortifyingly,todeliver
    agreetingfromtheroyalfamilytoahushedstadiumfullofwaiting
    subjects.Andweseehimenduretherageofhisroyalfatherathis
    utterinabilitytoreadamessageintoaradiomicrophone."Situp!
    Straightback!"GeorgeVbarksathisgrownson."Faceboldlyupto
    thebloodythingandstareitsquareintheeyeaswouldanydecent
    Englishman!Showitwho'sincommand!"

    It'sexcruciatingtowatch,nolessthanitistowatchkidsbeteased
    andbulliedbecauseoftheirdeficits,knowingthat,whiletheyap-
    pear weak to other children, they are in many ways tougher,
    strongerpeoplethantheirtormentors.That'swhyweseemany
    Brushandmodelinhand,thefutureking—finallyfreedtobethe kids who overcome problems in childhood—dyslexia, ADHD,
    childhewasn'tallowedtobe—beginsforthefirsttimetotellhis anxietydisorders—goontoaccomplishextraordinarythings.They
    therapistwherehe'shurting. havedevelopedformidablecourage.

    WebegintogetaportraitofthetormentsofBertie'schildhood: NatalieAngiergetsatthisinarecentNewYorkTimespiece,asshe
    Thenannywhopreferredtheolderbrother,tutorswhoforcedthe interviewsexpertstopinpointjustwhatcourageis.It'snotthe
    left-handedchildtousehisrighthand,painfulmetalbracesto samethingasfearlessness,theyreport—itdoesn'ttakecourageto
    straightenhislegs.Theyoungstammererwasroutinelyteasedby chargeintothelineoffireorrunintoaburningbuildingifyoudon't
    hisbrother,whowasinturneggedonbyhisfather."B-b-b-b- feelfear.Courageisnotalackoffear,buttheactofovercoming
    bertie,"theadultBertiemimics,dabbingglueonthemodelplane. fear.Itis,asoneresearcherputsit,"behavioralapproachinspite
    "Fatherencouragedit.Saiditwouldmakemestop." oftheexperienceoffear."

    It'saturningpointinthefilm,aswebegintounderstandjusthow That'sclinicallanguageforwhatinspiresusinTheKing'sSpeech
    muchcourageittooktobehimasachildwithacripplingstammer, andinthechildrenweareprivilegedtohelpeveryday.Weknow
    andhowmuchcouragehewouldhavetomustertorisetothe thatBertieisabetterman,nottospeakofpotentialking,thanhis
    occasiontoleadthenation,asGeorgeVI,throughWorldWarII. glib, self-absorbed brother. And we know that every child or
    adolescentwhostrugglestoovercomeobstaclesothersdon'tface
    It'snotthekindofcouragethat'susuallycelebratedonthebig deservesnotonlyourrespect,butalsoourhelp.Psychiatricand
    screen, with improbable special effects, rippling muscles, and learning disorders aren't caused by weakness, but they are
    MelGibson-stylebloodandgore.Indeed,youcouldcallitthe overcomebystrength.http://www.childmind.org

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