Adhd

[Skarn]

While I agree that too many children are medicated and overdiagnosed....to say that ADHD is not a real disorder and it's the parents lack of discipline is ignorance.

I have a 10-year old child with ADHD. Believe me...it's very real. I am a STRICT disciplinarian. Some have said way too strict. At one point, he had NO priveledges for 6 months. I am a firm believer in spanking, punishments, whatever it takes. At the age of 5 in kindergarten, my son was suspended off the school bus. He COULD NOT stay seated no matter how hard he tried. He had numerous problems in school also. His mother and I did not want to medicate. We went through 2 years of counselling and therapy with him before finally trying the medication. Well, since then, he has excelled in both school and sports.

This is a sensitive topic for me. I now have full custody of my son and spend a shitload of time with him. Unless you have a child like this, you simply just don't know. I used to think the same thing before having my son. ADHD is real....VERY real.

Skarn

[Klash]

"If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them; Then shall his father and mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of the city, and unto the gate of his place; And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard. And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear." (Deuteronomy 21:18-21)


It sucks for those kids that had ADHD 3,000 years ago :p