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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am "against" them for my own kids because I believe they are the equivalent of steroids for school. People give them to their children so their children will pay better attention and get good grades in school. To me it is exactly the same as steroids for sports: we give them this drug, and it enhances their athletic performance. I'm not going to drug my children for grades. In all of human history somehow children managed to grow up without taking speed. I don't think this is the first generation of children who need it to get through the day. Blame your school environment instead for trying to stick a round peg in a square hole.[/quote]

You must not have a kid with ADHD, because medication or not, it's a difficult decision either way when your child is suffering. And no one I know whose child actually has ADHD medicates them for grades. Everyone I have spoken with does it for the emotional side effects of being the kid who has no idea what's going on ever.[/quote]

+1. The impact of ADHD goes so far beyond grades (and school generally), that I cannot imagine anyone making this argument who has any real understanding of ADHD.[/quote]

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