There were plenty of hyperacive kids back when
There have always been troublemakers, clowns, and underachievers- in my day a lot of them dropped out or flunked out before finishing high school. Durng commencement I accidentally got the “diploma” of one from my HS class. It was blank.
By the time they were teenagers nicotine and alcohol helped them self medicate - the constellation of self-medicating drup option greatly expanded after the 1960’s
I do believe what we are seeing now in increased brain chemistry disorders has an environmental component. We are all carrying toxins in our bodies that have accumulated all our lifetimes.
I don’t know where you went to school. I went to a HS in northern NJ in the late 50’s. In 1954 and again in 1955 we had upwards of 40, that;s FORTY students oer class and we had double sessions before a new school (two actually) was built to send 7-9 grades to. Sure there were trouble makers but NOTHING like we are seeing today, not even close. The kids, even those considered real troublemakers were scared spit less of the teachers and 99% of them never said boo when told to sit sown and shut up I know, I was there
I have no clue if the availability of drugs was the cause of defective births, have you any links i can go to that have done studies on this?
My guess is that the failure of the parents to properly discipline their children and then to back up the teachers when a problem arises rather then call a lawyer and sue the school, is more the cause of the problem. The use of drugs on these kids IMO is keep quiet children who the teachers cannot discipline because the the parents totally abrogated their responsibility in raising them.