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.

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[marveen.livejournal.com]

I'll also point out that oftentimes the worst bullies are the ones who like bossing others around enough to go for administrative positions in the schools. (I saw this happen in the school I went to during my school years. Two kids who were the nastiest bullies ended up as principal of the middle school and superintendant of the whole district.)

Naturally, they think of their own childhood behavior as ordinary and even justifiable, so they excuse it when it is repeated by the students under their authority.

[conuly]

Naturally, they think of their own childhood behavior as ordinary and even justifiable, so they excuse it when it is repeated by the students under their authority.

They're better than the ones who were abused and still encourage it because "well, I suffered". !!!!!!!!!!