Posted on 08/04/2006 12:18:12 PM PDT by Teflonic
Yep. When my kids showed signs of ADHD it only took a few spankings to get their attention.
Seemed to have cleared the problem up without any medication too.
D*** those parents for making decisions about their children's welfare instead of just drugging them.
But there was such a thing called "disciplining your children". Not so today...
Is this satire?
My brother trained as a pediatrician. He is one of the most laid-back, easygoing people on the planet. Say the word "ritalin" and his head will spin around three times and explode. He's irate about the over-medication of perfectly healthy kids.
Maybe if classes weren't so boring, kids wouldn't be so skirmy.
Childhood is so much easier to say than - attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder
Thank God for your brother. One of a dying breed. Maybe intelligence was in his genes?
I wish it was.
And they've got a big pension plan to fund.
From their numbers - 1 in four kids are mentally ill and need treatment. 1 in 3 boys. Mental Illness. But the DSM says males who desire reproductive acts with other males are completely normal. Idiots.
*groan*
We all should...uh...uh...
Now, what were we talking about? Oh yea...the war in Israel..
The Dummying Down of America at Work
I would have said something equally stupid 5 years ago. I would rather my child not be on concerta, but it helps her considerably. It's much better than watching her fail school regardless of how much help she received. Does it make her normal? No not at all, but like I said it helps concederably.
Anything out for "big toe hurts" syndrome yet?? How about "relative pain in the a**"??
More than 2.5 million American children are now medicated for ADHD, CDC says
We have so far refused to medicate our son. Now the regular public school he attended didn't come right out and say we ought to do it, although one lady at a summer school did, but they pressured us every single day hoping we would break. That was three years ago and we got out of the public schools. We thought we would have to go back this year, but we are looking into alternatives. It's hard being a parent out there--especially a conservative parent with not a lot of resources.
Here's article some of you may be interested in if you hadn't already seen it:
How the Schools Shortchange Boys - In the newly feminized classroom, boys tune out
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1677208/posts
Each ADHD diagnisis = Federal $$$ for Schools
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