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IIRC almost all of the past killing sprees by students have been conducted by kids on psychiatric meds.

"IIRC almost all of the past killing sprees by students have been conducted by kids on psychiatric meds."

Wow! What are the odds, huh?

With almost all of the kids being on psychiatric meds, I would also think that almost all of the past killing sprees by students would have been conducted by kids on psychiatric meds.

Be that as it may, what's your point? That the parents are already taking care of their children or that the psychiatric meds are causing the crimes?

The same evening news that report on the War On Drugs is sponsored almost entirely by pharmecutical companies.

A pill for your stomach,a pill to sleep,a pill for sneezibng,a pill to have sex, a pill not to have a baby, a pill to kill the just conceived baby, a pill to induce calmness,a pill to......who would have belived Americans would swallow the b.s. ?

Spot on! Perhaps if kids actually played today, as they did yesteryear, we'd have less problems. The person who has the number one website and in my industry (also a leader in it) had the following to say in a newsletter -

Thought for the Day - How Did We Survive?

Looking back, it's hard to believe that we have lived as long as we have. As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags. Riding in the back of a pickup truck on a warm day was always a special treat. Our baby cribs were covered with bright colored lead-based paint. We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors, or cabinets, and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets. Not to mention hitchhiking to our favorite spot!

We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle. We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then rode down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes a few times we learned to solve the problem.

We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on. No one was able to reach us all day. We played dodge ball and sometimes the ball would really hurt. We ate cupcakes, bread and butter, and drank sugar soda but we were never overweight.... we were always outside playing.

Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment..... Some students weren't as smart as others so they failed a grade and were held back to repeat the same grade.....

That generation produced some of the best risk-takers and problem solvers. We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned how to deal with it all.

Mike Holt’s Comment: I didn’t make the Little League, I failed third grade, I didn’t finish high school, I didn’t have a father, and we were very poor. But, you know I had a great childhood.

My success in the electrical industry and as a family man is because I try to allow God to lead my life. He has taught me that I can accomplish much if I have the proper priorities in life and that is God first, the family, and last work. I have learned not to complain about life too much, nor to blame others for my failures, or make excuses for my performance. God’s given me the desire to succeed and the commitment to do what it takes to accomplish my goals.