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The problem is that in government run schools, the administration does not want to have to deal with children! Children, who by nature are somewhat hyperactive and hard to control, are too much work! The only way to indocterinate them easily is to keep them drugged.

I also wonder if the "computer age" and video games aren't somewhat to blame here too. I remember when I was in grade school, I'd get home from school, and then go out and play for about 3 hours every day, before dinner. Games like "king of the hill," baseball, football, or kickball. Stuff that would wipe a kid out, giving him a chance to burn up all that excess energy. Now, so many kids just sit around, playing computer games or watching TV, and that energy has nowhere to go...

Mark

I also wonder if the "computer age" and video games aren't somewhat to blame here too.

I wonder if kids are at all different than they were in my grandfather's generation. I think in the past boyish behavior was more understood and dealt with differently ---often with a paddle but not with drugs. The one-room schoolhouse was probably better in some ways because kids were segregated into groups by ability more than by age, now it's assumed that all 6 year olds are at the same level.

I also wonder if the "computer age" and video games aren't somewhat to blame here too. I remember when I was in grade school, I'd get home from school, and then go out and play for about 3 hours every day, before dinner.

Yes especially mixed with the medical condition I mentioned in post 11. They can set it off.

My son's old Christian school recommended Ritalin to several boys that I do not think have ADHD.

I have a child that has brain damage, and I am very aware of special needs children.

I know of a few children that probably needed Ritalin. They were very, very aggressive and could not sit still to learn how to read.

The kids in my son's school were just fidgety. The school (and parents) didn't even try alternative forms of education before putting their kids on medication. My son is not going to that private school anymore. We're trying public school.

I remember when I was in grade school, I'd get home from school, and then go out and play for about 3 hours every day, before dinner. Games like "king of the hill," baseball, football, or kickball. Stuff that would wipe a kid out, giving him a chance to burn up all that excess energy. Now, so many kids just sit around, playing computer games or watching TV, and that energy has nowhere to go...

A good point. But what does that have to do with drug profits on school kids?

Actually, most people don't want to discuss how eager many parents are to sedate their children, to have just one more reason why their little darling is so special and has such special, special, special needs that someone (other than themselves) must deal with.

I think a strong return to corporal punishment by the schools might be healthy too. First, whack the kids. Then whack these idiot lazy stupid parents ten times as many strokes as you give the kids. Do it publicly.