The Drugging of the American Boy (2014)

Re:The Drugging of the American Boy (2014) by ggg9990 on Monday March 05, 2018 @03:27AM (#16519605)

Got hauled to the school psychologist in elementary school for calling my teacher an idiot. Was prescribed Ritalin. My parents told them absolutely not and I've had a great life without it.

I'm sure there are some people who need these medications. But realize that the incentives of the system are to give you pills. It's not even as debauched as bribery or kickbacks -- it's simply that a person who studies psychoactive medications rather than parenting will, when asked to solve the problem of an unruly child, naturally come up with medications as the solution rather than alternative parenting.

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Re:The Drugging of the American Boy (2014) by throwaway1748 on Monday March 05, 2018 @09:06AM (#16521085)

Wow, that's insane that a kid would ever be prescribed medication by a school doctor/nurse. That seems like a doctor's visit a parent should book & not just be informed afterwards that thier child was prescribed a dangerous stimulant like Ritalin.

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Re:The Drugging of the American Boy (2014) by ggg9990 on Monday March 05, 2018 @03:02PM (#16523895)

I think a doctor did come in but on school grounds. And there was a meeting with my parents where they told him to fuck himself. This was also 30 years ago

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