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I've been interested in the definition of normalcy, it has changed so much over the years, and especially with children. Here's a disturbing Frontline show on Medicating children.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOqO-e-W ... re=related

I am not a supporter of medicating children, and I think it is being misused, misdiagnosed and I feel for the children who become the victims in it.

Maybe some parents don't know how to parent, simple lack in skills such as encouraging exercise and fresh air, or healthy foods, or patience and time, etc. or maybe they're too trusting of smarter people...Maybe doctors who just reach for whatever is in the bag of tricks and not fully knowledgeable.

I don't know, I'm not smart enough to know other than it's scary.
Scares the heck out of me.


Parents and doctors could step out of the med cabinet and try other methods. Try everything from upping exercise, play...finding more structure within the child's environment like a bed time routine...to change their diets, boosting their esteem, finding hobbies...whatever it takes a parent to do instead of just simply making appointments with anyone willing to bill them.


I say those examples cause it worked for me to help balance me out better.


I think instead of it being abnormal children, it is an abnormal society that moves extremely quick and losing everything worth slowing down for.

Obviously their will be a few children who may need a doctor's care, and medicated, but the numbers are prolly very low compared to the numbers they're serving.

A reality.

Check out this guy I found,
I really liked his way of thinking, of talking.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FktJG-ek ... re=related

The final of Riesman's categories, and by far the rarest, is that of the 'inner-directed'. These are individuals who evolve their own values, based on their personal experiences and understanding. Often, their parents are freethinkers who have created the environment that allows them to develop in this way.

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