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:: Today's soundtrack: The Smiths "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle" ::
I can't stand the fact that so many parents these days medicate their kids. I'm not talking about if they have a cold or something, I mean, giving them hardcore narcotics for treating things like hyperactivity disorders. What's even worse, is that this is so commonplace in America these days.
First of all, I don't really believe in hyperactivity as a "disorder." Where did THIS come from, anyway? Children have been known to get hyper, this is a known fact of life. It isn't as though one person suddenly had a hyper kid and wondered what was wrong. No. just about ALL children can get hyper. You can't honestly tell me that a child running around screaming is a big shocker. This is what kids do sometime. But, instead of dealing with it like an adult, parents today have gotten lazy and just decide to medicate the kid instead.
You know what else? Your kid is probably screaming its bleeding head off because you are a bad parent. Stop trying to blame your bad parenting or lack thereof on a fictitious disorder. Doping your kid up is treating a symptom and not the problem, you fool. I think you'll find that once you learn how to properly discipline your child, there will be less tantrums and more quiet time. I'm not talking about taking him behind the woodshed and flogging his backside with a switch, even. Good discipline is pretty much made up of being firm, consistent, and not giving in to give your kid negative attention. The more YOU yell at your kid at the shopping centre for wanting candy, the more the kid will squeal. Don't you see that?
Classifying the negative behavior associated with children as a "disorder" just feels like a cop out. "You'll have to excuse Jimmy. He's got ADD and the doctor's adjusting his medication." I don't think so. I think this is a bad parent not willing to step up as one and admit that this little monster is all his fault and that he himself, the parent, needs to work on it to fix it. I suppose this is yet another bit of the fat and lazy American people looking for the "quick fix" to a slightly complicated problem. You know, as a general rule, I don't like physiatrists or counseling, but I really think that these courses should have to be tried before qualifying for medicating the issue. It feels like doctors just take one look at the kid and decide, "Yup, ADD alright" and write the kid a prescription. I think the doctor needs to take a little more control and recommend parenting classes or family counseling, and THEN if after all of that, there is no change, THEN give the parents the medication. At least they would have made some sort of effort.
I'm sorry. I don't know where all of that came from. I'm just sick of poor parenting I suppose. I thoroughly believe that people should complete a competency exam before being able to raise children, but maybe that's only me.
William (father of the truth)
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