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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s reported she was giving her son, 7, I believe the one who was being treated for CP, Ritalin that was not prescribed to him and gave it to the school nurse to administer.  [/quote]

If that's true, that's nuts and she is lacking a basic common sense gene.[/quote]
People is now reporting the drug usage:

https://people.com/meghan-king-lost-temporary-custody-of-3-kids-after-allegedly-giving-son-unprescribed-ritalin-exclusive-source-11854287[/quote]

I find it hard to believe that the kid does not have an ADHD dx and a prescription. I do know that it has become hard to get ADHD med refills, so maybe the pill bottle didn’t have his name on it. [/quote]
The article says the child has not been prescribed the meds. This isn’t a case where they ran out of meds. This is People, not Reality Blurb.[/quote]

The People article, lol. Nobody knows what the actual facts are here. For me, that the kid has a history of serious behavioral issues strongly suggests he has a diagnosis and a prescription, albeit maybe not that bottle. It’s not like she was trying to hide it. In the spectrum of poor SN parenting, this seems like a bad choice on her part but very far from meriting any sort of permanent loss of custody unless there is more going on. [/quote]

It could also be the father disagreed with medicating and so did not consent. Who knows. Agree the situation could be more complicated, but no one with half a brain would ask a school nurse to administer medication that is not prescribed.[/quote]

I thought about that possibility too. But the fact that the asked the nurse cuts both ways - she is not drugging the kid out of some Munchhausen by proxy plot or whatever. unless/until you have your own kid with serious behavioral or mental health issues, you can’t really judge. [/quote]

I can judge. Giving a child unprescribed stimulants is illegal, for a reason. If your ex disputes medicating, you work with a guardian ad litem and get a recommendation that moves forward to a judge. You do not take matters into your own hands.[/quote]

The kids have a GAL and it seems the GAL filed for and was granted a temporary restraining order against her.[/quote]

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