You got that right, Mears.
They've pathologized childhood, the rebellious must be drugged into submission.
I'm so thankful for the school district we moved to..........rebelliousness is dealt with the way it should be....privileges taken away and numbers (what we all called demerits) given.
I can tell which of the kids on my daughter's school bus went to Head Start - they are the ones that have told my daughter her mommy is stupid.............I was smoking a cigarette while doing some yard work when the bus pulled up one afternoon. The next day that is what some of her little "friends" told her. To save her from that kind of grief (she was very upset) I make sure I do not have a cigarette when I'm waiting for the bus.