WTF?

[conuly]

Spending Soars for Children's Behavioural Meds

They're now giving behavioural medication for children under five? Ritalin? For AD(H)D for children under five years of age? What is WRONG with people? At five years old, do you really know if the child isn't just being a little absentminded and hyper? You know, like five year olds are supposed to be? If they're prescribing medication that early, can we really trust people to actually try teaching these kids how to behave and control themselves? More importantly, do we really know what these medications do to young children when they take them for several years?

Of course, I don't really know enough about this to talk. So I'll hush now.

Comments

[firingneurons.livejournal.com]

Ugh.. This makes me feel ill.. They're kids for christ sake! Of course they're going to be hyper and not have an attention span longer than a couple minutes, it's because they're kids! If you teach your child to pay attention when they're supposed to, they will. I do agree that some kids do genuinely have the disorder, or disease or... Whatever term you'd use.. But you can show that at 5! At 5 every kid bounces off the walls! Well, I shouldn't say every kid, but most kids. Regular medications for something that isn't life threatening under 5 years of age (or even up to 7 or 8) is just ridiculous.