As a parent of a child with ADD, let me be clear.
You're a moron.
"There's no such thing as ADD!!! It's called BAD PARENTING!!
As a parent of a child with ADD, let me be clear.
You're a moron."
How seriously can one take a disease that 50 years ago did not exist....
I agree with you. A real MORON! We are good parents watch over our kids who both have been diagnosed with ADHD. Neither are hyper but both have a real problem staying focused.
However, we took them both of meds. Mainly the stimulants because we don't wnat them using stimulants when they participate in sporting activities.
No more meds! Been having them try out an herbal supplement called MINDCARE. Seems to help alot but the kids think it tastes real bad.
FR is great but there is ignorance galore here and none so much as the ADD threads where you have these imbeciles holding forth on the NONexistence of various things.
Corin Stormhands: As a parent of a child with ADD, let me be clear. You're a moron.
If that's the way you deal with disagreements, then you just proved 'albie' correct. And I shudder to think of how you deal with disagreements with your children.
I saw this post yesterday - I realize that I'm probably stepping into an ongoing volley, or maybe it has been resolved downthread, but felt I needed to add my humble 2 cents. It's an issue that's close to my heart. I know some folks that have to deal with such issues and I think it's important to illuminate - if possible.
"There's no such thing as ADD!!!"
I disagree.
If this were so ALL the children of one particular set of parents would suffer the same diagnosis. That's often not the case.
I've worked with kids at the outset of the Ritalin revolution(1988, I worked as a counselor with very difficult adolescents). Ritalin, at the time, was touted as a silver bullet. After initially agreeing with the folks that thought the stuff was a miracle drug I had some second thoughts. I felt it would be better to work with behavioral modification over medication. In many circumstance I could modify behavior myself, on children who were otherwise "diagnosed" with ADD or ADHD,...however, not all of them.
I really don't like being on the side of the psychobabblers on this. You and I are probably of the same mind in believing that love and care, consistency and discipline are important above all in raising children, but I've seen many parents with common sense and patience fall by the wayside trying their best to address issues in children that I do not even recall having as I grew up; ADD, ADHD, SADS, OCD, various types of Autism. Sure they all follow that sort of hip APA diagnosis, which has a pill for any problem, but I don't beleive this stuff is simply conjured out of thin air. Just because it didn't exist when I was a kid doesn't mean that these troubles are not for real TODAY.
That being said, I really don't have any idea what is causing this problem with our children - the children of our country. It seems to be a cultural phenomenon that is attacking young people in our sphere and culture. Theories abound among professional teachers and parents; artificial food coloring, processed foods, cooking surfaces, vaccines, proteins, stimulating video games,...no one really has any conclusive proof. As many parents who have ADD might tell you, they would work an entire battery of solutions including changes in diet and routine and environment before ever considering the option of medication.
Folks who deal with this issue everyday - and the nightmare of having to choose an option of messing with the brain chemistry of their own children - are understandably sensitive to the issue. In many cases I would not fault the parents. I would try to support and encourage them with a very difficult path. We all should. Proclaiming this to be a bad parenting issue is really not the appropriate way to address the issue.