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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are many conclusions one could come to about why people on Medicaid are more likely to have their toddlers prescribed these drugs.  One thing to remember is that more affluent people have the time and means to get other help - a Ritalin prescription is relatively inexpensive.  The kind of help those of you without ADHD kids are envisioning - and remember that ADHD is often comorbid with other difficult to treat conditions like dyspraxia and and high functioning autism - is time-consuming and expensive, rarely paid for by insurance.  So quick to judge parents when what's really missing is a good support system.  [/quote]

Every single sanctimommy on this thread needs to STFU. Until one of them has had to manage poverty (which is both time consuming and expensive) and the health needs of a SN kid, they know NOTHING about the situation. Judging those parents is insensitive and cruel to the point of being a sociopath.

What are you getting out of this thread, people? Do you feel so bad about your life and your own parenting choices that the only way you can feel better is to kick to the parents of a SN kid on Medicaid?

If you aren't raising that kid in those circumstances, STFU. If you don't have an MD and haven't personally evaluated that child, STFU. If you haven't listened to the advice of that child's doctors and weighed that advice against your finances and ability to cope, then STFU.

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