Re: "White 'Punks on Dope" (w apologies to The Tubes)
On Jul 10, 10:12pm, Timothy C. May wrote:
And perhaps worse, _parents_, such as the example I provided, are using it [Ritalin] to control children. Where once they would've paddled the kid for using obscene language, or refusing to get dressed for school, now they pop a pill in the child's mouth.
There are certainly legitimate arguments about the level of use of Ritalin or other drugs, their benefits & their costs, but this straw man is just ridiculous, & betrays the author's lack of knowledge. Unfortunately a similar misunderstanding is reflected in the writings of 1 or 2 others on this topic too. Parental (or other) control is not at issue at all with add; self control is the main problem.
On Thu, 11 Jul 1996, Michael Helm wrote:
Ritalin or other drugs, their benefits & their costs, but this straw man is just ridiculous, & betrays the author's lack of knowledge. Unfortunately a similar misunderstanding is reflected in the writings of 1 or 2 others on this topic too.
Parental (or other) control is not at issue at all with add; self control is the main problem.
No, the POINT IS MIS-DIAGNOSIS. Children who are either brighter than their classmates and figured out the assignement with in minutes of the teacher giving it, or children with _no_ boundries implemented by their parents (people are like fractals, very subject to initial conditions) hence they keep pushing and pushing so the parents respond by instituting chemical control. Most of the people who are arguing "against" ritilan ADMIT there are (or might be) some cases where certain chemicals are the way to go, but we feel that there are FAR to many cases out there. Petro, Christopher C. petro@suba.com <prefered for any non-list stuff> snow@crash.suba.com
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