ADHD




O.K., so maybe I dont 100% agree with the method, but the message is right on. If kids are loud, boisterous, full of energy, have short attention spans.....that's because THEY ARE KIDS. Fifty years ago if your son had a hard time sitting still in class, you might have affectionately ruffled his hair or rolled your eyes and said, "yep, he's 100% boy". Nowadays, they'd want him tested for ADHD and put on medication. If kids are full of energy, it's because they're kids. If they're out of control, chances are it has more to do with a lack of parenting and discipline than a need to be medicated.

The statistics show that boys are three times more likely to be diagnosed with ADHD, but that it is not understood why. I'll tell you why, because the diagnosing symptoms of ADHD describe pretty much every boy I know. How many healthy, active boys don't have a hard time sitting still and focusing in class? I can count the number I remember from my school days on one hand. When I was in school, it would have been the one boy who was sitting quietly in his chair, not being loud and energetic, that people would have been the most concerned about.

This is so classic for today's society. It's always the easy way out and avoidance of responsibility. Instead of realizing that it's hard for some children, boys especially, to sit quietly still and focused through a 7 hour school day and working with that, it's much easier to sedate them. Instead of saying, hmmm, maybe the fact that our children are out of control is a direct reflection of our parenting, it's much more convenient to lay the blame on a behavioral problem.

Now, I'd like to clarify that I do think there are bonafide instances of ADHD...situations where the child is suffering from a behavioral disorder and could benefit from medical treatment, HOWEVER, these are the few and far between. In most instances, my advice would be that if your child is full of energy and has a hard time sitting still, take a second to be thankful that your child is healthy. If your child won't listen or behave, take a minute to evaluate your parenting. Telling children that there's something wrong with them for doing nothing more than acting like a normal child, simply because it's easier, is just one more travesty we in society have to answer for.



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I dont buy into all this ADD bullshit
ADD and ADHD were invented cuz parents dont have the balls to beat the shit out of thier kids anymore like they are supposed to
IF YYOUR PARENTS DIDNT BEAT YOUR ASS THEY ABUSED YOU
when I was a kid any adult in the neighborhood that caught you jackin around ccould beat yoru ass and then you better hope they didnt call mom or grandma cuz your ass was gettin whipped again

I had one pediatrician say that down the road I might want to consider medication for my son.

I told her, I ain't going down that road.

If you give my son Mega Bloks and put on Bob the Builder, he'll sit still. That's what he's interested in. He is in special ed because of a speech delay and developmental delay, but he's coming along fine.

I'm also not afraid to give him a swat on the behind if he acts up. His teachers are impressed at how well he minds me and my husband. See, they're too concerned about "self-esteem" at his school. He understands things perfectly well, it's his expressive language that he has a problem with.

Forgive the crudity here, but I figure, better a swat on the behind now than a pounding in the behind in prison later.

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Ritalin Death

@ Alexandra

I've had to deal with this with my oldest son. He's one of the smartest kids you'll ever meet. His mind is just constantly going and the rate at which they teach in public school is WAY slower than the rate at which his mind works. They'll just be getting started on a concept and he's already got it and ready to move on to the next. He's also very active and high energy. It's been mentioned more than once that perhaps I should have him tested, which I've adamantly refused. The teachers have even told me that although they get annoyed that he's always off kind of doing his own thing when they're teaching, he ALWAYS has the answer if they call on him. So really, what's the problem? He gets good grades, he does well socially....what do I care if he fidgets when he's stuck in a chair for long stretches of time or if chooses to do something to occupy his hands and minds when the class is moving slower pace than he is. Medicate him for that? I don't think so.

Not to imply anything but.....


"I had one pediatrician say that down the road I might want to consider medication for my son.

I told her, I ain't going down that road."

TMOTS

Sounds a bit like me, I was always bored in school, and always an honour student

Your son might benefit from being around other bright kids, boredom can lead to bad behaviour. He could become an underachiever if he gets frustrated (yep me again)

Besides the Western desire to destroy boys and men, there is another factor behind the sudden prevalence of all these boys with ADD and ADHD. (What did society do a century ago with active boys?) That other factor is what influences most things in life: money. The pharmaceutical industry makes big bucks off of Ritalen and other drugs used to "cure" our maladies (and get us addicted to their dope.

I agree Tom, the same thing happened with my husband. My son has some really good friends outside of school that he does a lot with and is in Scouts with. We're also constantly doing things as a family and keep actively involved in our children's lives, so we work really hard to try and keep that from happening.