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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Full disclosure -- I have no kids, so I have zero knowledge of what it's like to have a child who isn't doing well in school and to want to fix that problem.

But as an outside observer (pretty much all my friends have their kids on some kind of med), I wonder if the aggregate result hasn't been to reset the bar about what constitutes "appropriate behavior" and "achievement"?

[b]All of you expect your kids not only to perform, but to excel -- if Johnny isn't in the 98th percentile, then something's wrong and we must fix it. If Janie doesn't test at least 3 years above her grade, she'll never get into Harvard.[/b]
And the schools now seem to feel that any child who doesn't behave like a doped up zombie is a distraction in the classroom.

I'm just not sure you can know what long-term use of amphetamines will have on these kids.[/quote]

I think you're drinking the 'conventional wisdom' koolaid.  If you were to research these disorders using peer-reviewed studies, you'd find this has nothing to do with changed achievement expectations or a 'resetting of the expectation bar'.  You seem to be getting your information from unreliable amd as a consequence are woefully ignorant about ADHD and the effects of medication.  You also know very little about how schools expect children to act.  The comment about a ‘doped up zombie’ is just unfounded and ignorant.

Two of my three kids have ADHD.  We're aren't striving for the 98th percentile, we aspire for 'average'.   I don't know anyone made the decision to medicate lightly nor do I know anyone who medicates a child who doesn’t need it.  In fact, I know far more people who are in deniable about their child’s challenges and who refuse to consider medication because of the misinformation out there.  Finally, amphetamines are not the only medication choice for ADHD.  Non-stimulant medication is also available.
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