When our son was in third grade, he wasn't doing his work. He wasn't disruptive but would start a project and then stick it in his desk. His inexperienced teacher didn't notice for weeks and then sent him to the school counselor who called us in for a meeting. She told us that Charlie had ADD and recommended ritilin. I was in tears. My husband, wise man that he is, asked what percentage of children Charlie's age had the disorder. The counselor said, "49% of boys." My husband was furious... said it was normal and we went to the store and got Dobson's book on strong willed children. We put him on adrenalin instead of ritilin. I'm so thankfus for my husband's wisdom. He continued to be a challenge and although he got at least one D every semester in high school but scored 32 on his ACT, got scholarships in college and most recently, scored some amazingly high score on his GRE. Sorry about the rant but this thing about the kittens is a spoof. Hello?
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I'm convinced they are drugging normal boys into stupor. My sister has been giving my nephew ritilin for years. I had him with me for weeks at a time in the summer, no ritilin and based on my observations "he's just a normal active boy". I couldn't convince my sister. He reached high school and a teacher mentioned that he might have a vision problem. DUH! He does, one he was born with and it accounts for his reading issues. Since he had problems reading, he had problems in school, squirmed, etc. and they put him on ritilin.
As my son, now grown, an RN and a combat medic in the reserves says "I'm glad I didn't grown up now - they'd put me on drugs". He had trouble in grade school sticking to school projects (but put together a complete methodology of moving a population from one planet to another, including dozens of ship designs right down to the fuel they'd need and the fittings). A lot of boys in particular are very ill served by our school system.