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I beg to differ. America is one of the most tolerant of all nations on earth. We have relaxed our social standards to the point of having none. The fact that a parent allows their child to receive drugs to treat the teacher's inability to maintain discipline and engage their students, is the parent's problem. Many, in fact, a majority of problems with children is that parents will tolerate behavior that would have earned me a very sore behind and when my mother really got wound up (usually because I was rather precocious) a concussion. I don't recommend the nuclear option my mother preferred, but I do recommend getting the ground rules straight and maintaining order. (Gee, ya’ think that's why my son is a Marine...now that I see my philosophy in writing, I'll have to stop asking myself how THAT happened.)

“that parents will tolerate behavior that would have earned me a very sore behind and when my mother really got wound up (usually because I was rather precocious) a concussion.”

Exact opposite with me. I know that in areas we are highly tolerant, but there is a huge problems with what society here thinks is normal VS not normal. Being eccentric has gotten me punished more than being bad.

I have to admit that being treated this way has left me pretty burned and biased. I mean, look at what happened to Phoebe Prince. Pretty much bullied to suicide because she was ‘too different’ and being a ‘nerd’ ios punished by social ostracism.