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Hoople
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 Wed Mar 13, 2002 6:11 am
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Looking back, it seems like a lifetime or two ago when I married a woman that had three daughters who were at that time ages 4, 6 and 8. A year later we had another child and, what do ya know, it's a girl. Suddenly, I'm the Father of 4 wonderful daughters!
Each one of these girls was an incredibly unique, bright, outgoing, fast moving/thinking/talking individual. And certainly, for everything that I could do and provide for them they gave me back far more than I could have ever imagined. Unfortunately, I didn't realize this at the time. It was only after I had lost them through divorce that this fact became so apparent to me.
These girls only experienced the public education system for a few short months. They did not do well in public school as it bored them terribly. They didn't have their public school experience until after they had already attended a very progressive private school as well as receiving home school.
I have no doubt that if these girls would have had to remain in a public school environment that sooner, more than later, they would have been targetted for being labeled ADHD and given Ritalin like so many of the others. They each simply moved too fast for public school and this would have been viewed as hyperactivity and in being required to slow down - well, they would have quickly become bored and thus figet and would definitely be viewed as haveing a deficet of attention. This scenario, fortunately, never had to become a reality for them, their Mother or me.
If circumstances would have been different, though, and they would have not had the other options they helped to create the scenario could have gone something like this: I would inevitably have been informed that one or all of my daughters were suspected as having ADHD. The prescribed treatment - Ritalin would have been strongly recommended. I would certainly not have aquiesced to the Ritalin solution. The first thing I would check with my daughter(s) would be how they are doing in each topic of study they are involved in. I know, from personal experience, that when you suddenly find yourself lost in a study that this can bring about a sort of nervous hysteria with various physical manifestations that could easily be misread as being a problem with focus of attention and/or hyperactivity. On the other hand, they might not be lost at all - they might just be bored to death because they are being forced to learn at a rate much slower than their capacity (like making a race horse walk around the race track instead of letting the horse realize his true potential for speed). If all checked out A-Okay with this line of investigation, I would next begin investigating the diet my daughter(s) were on being sure to thoroughly check for food allergies, vitamin or mineral deficiences, etc. If that checked out alright then it would be on to checking for any exposure to toxic chemicals ie., cleaning fluids, pesticides, herbacides, etc. In my daughters' case I think that the sorce of the problem would have been found to be somewhere in the first line of investigation pursued. In any event, the taking of Ritalin would have never been an option!
In this country we make our children, to get a degree, attend a program of schooling for 12 years (yes,there are exceptions). Bright beings eager to learn and feeling like there is nothing that they can't learn enter the first grade and from there it goes downhill. I wonder what the schools in general think that their product is? When a child serves their time and makes it through the grades to receive that, all so important, diploma - is that graduate an asset or a liability to society? From the young graduates I deal with on almost a daily basis, the ones who are clerks, cashiers, waitresses and waiters, attendants of one thing or another, laborers, salespeople, car washers, fast food workers, factory workers, etc. etc. - in general, I would have to say that these graduates are extremely poor examples of the result a 12 year "education" brings forth to exchange to society. So many of these kids are dull, blank faced and slow. Is it the Ritalin?
"Children with early-stage brain tumors can develop sumptoms of hyperactivity or poor attention. So can lead- or pesticide-poisoned children. So can children with early-onset diabetes, heart disease, worms, viral or bacterialr infections, malnutrition, head injuries, genetic disorders, allergies, mercury or manganese exposure, petit mal seizures, and hundreds-yes hundreds-of other minor, major, or even life threatening medical problems. Yet all these children are labeled hyperactive or ADD." Dr. Sydney Walker, III, Psychiatrist & Neurologist Author, The Hyperactivity Hoax
BTW, the two oldest of my once step daughters now have their own house in Portland, OR and operate their own very successful preschool. The third daughter now lives in LA and is going to be married this week-end. She works for an organization that is agressively involved in improving the condition of education the world over. The youngest, until this year, has been attending an excellent private school. She now, though, is being home schooled and is working for her two older sisters in their preschool and for her Mom in her Mom's daycare (this summer she is coming to live with me and learn how to construct buildings). They each remain as bright, enthusiastic and fast moving/talking/thinking as they ever were (maybe even more so).
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Hoople
Joined: 27 Dec 2001
Posts: 167
Location: Charleston, Ar |
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Sun Apr 21, 2002 2:08 am
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Government Report Underscores Stimulant Abuse in Schools
Washington (Reuters Health) September 19, 2001
Steep increases in the use of stimulant drugs to treat attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children have translated into major abuse problems in America's schools, according to data from a government study. Statistics from the Drug Enforcement Agency show that amphetamine production in the US rose from 1,768 kilograms in 1990 to 14,957 kilograms in 2000, a 746% increase. Those numbers have alarmed some lawmakers, who are concerned that psychiatrists, parents, and schools are using drugs as easy shortcuts to treating complex social problems. "We are dealing with behavior by drugging our kids," said Sam Stratman, a spokesman for Rep. Henry Hyde (R-Ill.)
As you can read from the above, there is a growing awareness even by the mainstream press that the psychiatric solution is not working. However, the mainstream press, the educational establishment, parents and, of course, the Mental Health Movement, all miss the real point. And that is that virtually everything leading up to the drugging of these children in the first place is fraud. The "examination" is fraudulent. The "diagnosis" is fradulent. The "prognosis" is a guess at best. And the "treatment" is fraudulent.
If the above parties wanted to genuinely better the conditions of these children, they would certainly do so--there is much information to remedy childhood problems, whether physical, nutritional or educational. The truth is that they have no interest in bettering the situation because their pocketbooks depend on there being "disordered" children.
Even though many are slow in getting the message, there are still many who are quick in recognizing the fraud of psychiatry and in applying workable solutions. |
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