Need for Ritalin rooted in lax parenting? July 22 2003 at 04:45AM London - Hundreds of thousands of children prescribed the anti-hyperactivity drug Ritalin may simply be victims of lax parenting, new evidence suggests. The work of a British expert has cast doubt on the existence of such conditions as Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) and will fuel controversy over the spiralling use of Ritalin. Behavioural expert Warwick Dyer claims parents need to accept more blame for their children's "disorders" and move away from the chemical cosh of prescription drugs. In a remarkable breakthrough he has developed a programme that focuses...