[chas1776]

If you bother to read "Catcher In The Rye" it portrays what teenagers go through. What we need is to control the hormone activity through chemistry.

[Old Student]

"If you bother to read "Catcher In The Rye" it portrays what teenagers go through. What we need is to control the hormone activity through chemistry."

In a word, NO! You trying to arrest development at the child level? We already delay maturity too much, imho. What we really need to do is understand that kids don't all develop at the same rate, and not try to force them into lock-step. Most kids don't go through the hormone-storm that a lot of people expect. Some do, of course, and they need to ride it out.

Maybe my reaction is a bit strong there, but I was what you could properly call a late bloomer. I believe I was in my mid-thirties before I really grew up. I'm 50 now, and doing things I probably should have done 30 years ago, but I've had a satisfactory career in the military, and accomplished some things I'm proud of, too. I think too many people expect kids to be little adults, and it doesn't work that way. They need to grow and develop at their own necessary rate. There will be casualties, unfortunately, but that is life.

[whispering out loud]

the last thing we need is more drugs in this already chemical dependent society