Interesting Article

[sunnydays]

I read the same article this past week and was happy to see this argument put forth. I have often thought that some of the rise in ADHD diagnosis is due to a lack of parenting, improper nutrition, and an assumption on the part of professionals that any child who can't sit still and focus must need to be medicated. Before anyone who has kids diagnosed with ADHD jump on me, I am not saying that if your child has ADHD it is because you are not parenting well. I just think that in many cases the behaviours or somewhat normal for kids and it may just be that the child needs more guidance and time to learn to focus etc. I am pretty sure that my 5 year old would be diagnosed with it if I took him to be checked for it...but there is no way I would medicate my child. By the way, there is another article...wish I could find the link now...about the founder of the actual disorder ADHD, which says that on his deathbed, he actually calls ADHD a fictitious disease created for drug companies!