Discipline has been watered down so much these days that drugs are the answer to make the weak discipline work. Discipline that works would make everyone uncomfortable and it has to be consisitent and unrelenting.
But when he was in the 4th grade, his teacher and the school counselor decided he needed to be on Ritalin.
I was willing to consider the possibility, but wanted proof that there was in fact a real problem. I did my research on ADD and discovered the symptoms were virtually indistinguishable from being a “boy”.
And then I met his teacher. After ten minutes with her, I realized she was boring the crap out of me.
I had to fight the teacher, the school counselor and my wife, but I refused to allow him to be medicated. She turned out to be the only teacher who ever suggested my son needed medicating. Although my wife at the time was very angry at me for my stance, she later was grateful that I never gave in. As was my son.
Some kids need help...most do not. But parents need to do their own research and decide for themselves. The problem could be a lazy teacher.