[tfecw]

that's cause in your day (and my parents were a throw back) the cure for ADD was a spanking or a stern lecturing on the importance of school, extra chores, or not being able to go out with friends.

Now a days it's ridilen.

okay that is over simplifying the problem. In my Opinion more then half of ADD cases is the explanation used for bad teachers, bad parents, and dumb kids. I'd say less then half, maybe less then a third is because kids need actual brain or mood altering drugs

[wbill]

In my Opinion more then half of ADD cases is the explanation used for bad teachers...

IMHO, I completely agree with you. I know of one kid whose mother was a drunk (I suspect a little Fetal Alcohol Syndrome) who really needed Ritalin. I mean, the difference between him medicated, and not medicated, was astonishing. He's grown out of it, and is very well-adjusted, and doing great in college.

I think that Ritalin is making a huge mountain out of a molehill. The few kids that need it, really need it. The rest just need some parenting.

And, to stick on-topic at least a little.....this peanut allergy thing is life-threatening, and new. However, I don't see what's wrong with setting up a 'peanut-free' zone in the caf. I figure that it's easier to keep peanut products out of a small area, than try and contain them to a larger one - Simple, sensible, easy. Naturally, the school's administrators do the opposite.