The deballing of American boys started about 45 years ago with the introduction of Attention Deficit Disorder and its “need” for mind-altering drugs. Ritalin ran rampant. And Ritalin shrinks brains.
[The deballing of American boys started about 45 years ago with the introduction of Attention Deficit Disorder and its “need” for mind-altering drugs.]
Actually I think the deballing started before that....at least the early 50’s. The resolution of conflict was a big goal of the Libs, and their solution was that in every conflict each side should move toward each other so as to eliminate the differences as much as possible. Examples they gave were: races of different skin color should have children until eventually there would be no skin color differential, and males should become more feminine and females should become more masculine. The UN was big on these ideas.
“The deballing of American boys started about 45 years ago with the introduction of Attention Deficit Disorder and its “need” for mind-altering drugs. Ritalin ran rampant. And Ritalin shrinks brains.”
It really hit its peak about 30+ years ago. Our FP refused to put any boy on these drugs when teachers tried to force doctors to do that.
He told the parents that he and his brothers, two sons and many cousins would have been put on these terrible drugs because they presented a challenge to the teachers to keep them challenged. They were challenged instead of drugged, and all became good citizens with good careers.
Then if the parents demanded Ritalin for their sons, he would tell them they had to leave his practice if they demanded the drugs. Then, if they had another doctor put their sons on the drugs, he didn’t want them in his practice. Most listened to him and didn’t force the phony issue. A few challenged him and had to find a new doctor.