>>I can attest that you are wrong about that. My aunt and uncle are very loving to their kids, and their youngest daughter had this problem. I don't know if she was treated with drugs, but her problem was certainly not a lack of parental love.<<
Maybe the problem was that they DO love her, just the way she is. She is expected to act a certain way in school. If she doesn't, too many administrators want a quick fix.
Seratonin-Reuptake inhibitors are not the miracles that people once thought they were. They are finding many problems with them.
I would not put one into my body nor allow that for my children.
I agree, my youngest son was like this and I have a feeling that I was too. I just remember how frightened I was in any social situation and would still rather blend into the woodwork. When I told his kindergarten teacher that he wouldn't talk she was alarmed and gave me a lecture. I said he was fine and if he ever felt secure in the classroom he would talk. As he went through school, his teachers loved him, he did as he was told and didn't talk much. As he matured he grew out of it but I never treated it as a disability but as a choice he made for himself.