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20% of American boys diagnosed with ADHD before HS
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http://www.esquire.com/features/drugging-of-the-american-boy-0414
The Drugging of the American Boy
"By the time they reach high school, nearly 20 percent of all American boys will be diagnosed with ADHD. Millions of those boys will be prescribed a powerful stimulant to "normalize" them. A great many of those boys will suffer serious side effects from those drugs. The shocking truth is that many of those diagnoses are wrong, and that most of those boys are being drugged for no good reason-simply for being boys. It's time we recognize this as a crisis."
The Drugging of the American Boy
"By the time they reach high school, nearly 20 percent of all American boys will be diagnosed with ADHD. Millions of those boys will be prescribed a powerful stimulant to "normalize" them. A great many of those boys will suffer serious side effects from those drugs. The shocking truth is that many of those diagnoses are wrong, and that most of those boys are being drugged for no good reason-simply for being boys. It's time we recognize this as a crisis."
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I know when I was bouncing off the walls in grade school and didn't want to sit still or do my homework, my dad cracked me in the butt a few times and I settled right down. In school when I was acting up- which wasn't common as I was a pretty serious student- the horrid old battleaxe teachers knew how to put me in my place... and this was post paddling, which had gone out of style years before. A week with no recess spent cleaning the boards and scraping chewing gum off the bottom of desks and stuff while everyone else was out having fun did wonders.
For real hard cases, the teacher had a desk right next to hers. She'd make students come sit THERE and do their work. The shame of it meant few had to sit there more than once.
When people say they have ADD or ADHD, I ask them a simple question. "What's your favorite TV show?" (Fill in X here). "Ok, can you sit and watch that for an hour without getting squirrely?"
99 percent of the time the answer is yes.
To which I say, "You don't have ADD or ADHD then, you just get easily bored and have a lot of energy."
While I DO think that incidents of ADD and ADHD are on the rise due to all the preservatives and crap in our food, I think most diagnoses of it are just the feminization of society and a desire to not let boys be boys. A generation has grown up not knowing how to handle a boy to turn him into a man.
I know when I was bouncing off the walls in grade school and didn't want to sit still or do my homework, my dad cracked me in the butt a few times and I settled right down. In school when I was acting up- which wasn't common as I was a pretty serious student- the horrid old battleaxe teachers knew how to put me in my place... and this was post paddling, which had gone out of style years before. A week with no recess spent cleaning the boards and scraping chewing gum off the bottom of desks and stuff while everyone else was out having fun did wonders.
For real hard cases, the teacher had a desk right next to hers. She'd make students come sit THERE and do their work. The shame of it meant few had to sit there more than once.
When people say they have ADD or ADHD, I ask them a simple question. "What's your favorite TV show?" (Fill in X here). "Ok, can you sit and watch that for an hour without getting squirrely?"
99 percent of the time the answer is yes.
To which I say, "You don't have ADD or ADHD then, you just get easily bored and have a lot of energy."
Yep now your dad would be in Jail for Child Abuse.
[:(!]
Always seemed to get my attention back in order.
Always seemed to get my attention back in order.
And repeated as often as necessary.
Is that the same as 80HD?????
No that is 1080P
They are doping up the little boys, to try to turn them into little girls.
God knows, if I were 9 years old today, I would be diagnosed ADHD and they would have me on that dope.
It became ADD when a drug was developed that could be sold to somehow "correct" it.
I think it is a manufactured disorder by the pharmaceuticals.
Seriously, I think too many diagnose it when children are energetic.
That said, it's not a cure, but an aid. If you think it is a cure, you will be disappointed.
and yes I had my * beat at home and school on a regular basis , never helped a bit only got my * sore . never got any better for me . now no * beatings just a wife who yells [:D]
but I think a lot of kids including our nieces and nephews were on drugs before they really had a chance just kids being kids sometimes , just a way for the parents and teachers to be able to control the kid easier ?
I think its a issue but not worth drugging all those kids over
We go shootin or workin often to help with the symptoms.
I love home-schooling!
We diagnosed our boys with ABS (American Boy Syndrome).
We go shootin or workin often to help with the symptoms.
I love home-schooling!
Is that the same as 80HD?????
I believe that was the Harley they advertised as having an "AUTOMATIC CHAIN OILER"...
Them AMF's sure would leave a puddle in the driveway..[;)]
On a more serious note,I have to believe that a lot of these diagnoses are entirely made just to sell more meds..[:(]
He made damn sure I knew, that HE KNEW.
For several years, he took me to school on the first day.
Dropped me off and proceeded to the principals office to meet him.
His ONLY comment was this...
"Mr. Principal, If Robert needs to be corrected, you do what you need to
but be sure you let me know what, why, and how."
"I'll make sure you only have to do it only once."
That was always the worse thing too. To be called (or sent) to the principals office.
Knowing that Dad was gonna be told everything, then later, you'd go through it ALL over again.