I am so glad that this legislation has passed. When my son was young (2nd grade), he attended public school. As a punishment for getting ansy during a long class session, he and others (happened to be all boys) were kept inside for recess---robbing them of the necessary time to work off their steam! It was always the same band of boys that were punished in this way. At one point, the principal suggested to some of us parents that medication might be necessary! I couldn't believe my ears. One parent actually caved, but we wouldn't. My son got older, learned to settle down naturally (particularly after a healthy stint of homeschooling for 2 years), and now he's a star student in his private middle school (great grades, high test scores. Too often parents, particularly those of spirited boys, are cornered into submission. As the slogan goes: It's important to just say no to drugs!
Our middle son was a "high maintenance" baby and was unhappy unless he was doing whatever big sister was doing. In kindergarten, he would spin around in his seat at school when he was done before everyone else and got bored. But his private school didn't punish - they asked if we would send some quiet things for him to do when he wasn't able to run outside right away. Now, he's a busy teen getting "A"s (except in English, just like his father) and playing plenty of sports. He is constantly tossing some kind of ball in the air everywhere he goes - getting on his mother's nerves occasionally. He loves baseball and we make him play all the rest. He doesn't like soccer or basketball but we insist he play anyway. After a few mumbles, as soon as a ball enters the field of play, he's all over it.
It's a shame so many kids are not able to get outside and the ones who can are usually inside sitting around instead and are allowed to sit and eat processed carbs all afternoon.
My daughter in law was told that my grandson Andrew was ADD. She was furious with them because he could sit for hours at home and play quietly. The diagnosis didn't fit. He was too intelligent to sit in a classroom where the work was too simple. They put him in the library so he could read the encyclopedias. She got tired of it and home schooled him. He's very bright and is tops in his Bible Scripture learning team. I'm learning to hate public school and the crap that goes on with our most precious possessions.
Michael Savage exposes these "psychiatrists" for the frauds that they truly are in his most recent works, "The Savage Nation" and "The Enemy Within."