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<blockquote data-quote="Andy" data-source="post: 485758" data-attributes="member: 5096"><p>I think that InsaneCdn is on to something. Our lives have become so fast paced with less daily structure and contact with extended family and classroom sizes are expanding to a crazy number that some of the securities are not there for the kids. Parents don't know how to be warrior moms and dads and sometimes too easily listen to teachers and docs not realizing that they also are humans, not always the experts they need to be in that situation. They really don't see the whole picture and parents don't always know what to share as important details. We see the most success when EVERYONE, parents, teachers, and docs are on the same page, showing real concern for the child as a person and working together to come up with the best solution in a balance of teaching the child tools and offering medications. Tools and medications often times go hand in hand. Medications will help you maintain control/feel healthier and use the tools to make the choices you want to make.</p><p></p><p>I have heard that there is one class in our public school that by the time Christmas comes along just about every student is diagnosed as ADHD. I think there is a teacher out there pushing for medications to control her class because she is not able to function in an active oversized classroom. Classroom sizes are too large! </p><p></p><p>Parents don't always know what the normal development is for their child so when a teacher or doctor of a student in the younger grades state that medication is the way to go, parents may agree just because they trust the teacher or doctor or the teacher or doctor push it on them making it appear the only option if they want to be a good parent. They sometimes let that trust overturn their own uncertainity or instincts. </p><p></p><p>Then there are those teachers that believe EVERY kid should be able to "toe the line" without help and for those parents whose instincts are that something is wrong, they are receiving a message that their kid is just rude, lazy, disrupted, ect. but no need for looking at why. In the teacher's eye, the kid can and should be expected to turn it around himself. Not knowing how to be a warrior parent, the mom or dad do not know that they can follow their instincts and find some help that may mean medications.</p><p>difficult child hates to read and told me he had trouble with the contrast of the paper and words. A teacher in 7th grade not knowing his diagnosis and history told me that it was because he just didn't want to, that he was being lazy. At that point I knew it was more than that and I was able to warrior past her to look for more input, options and answers. Many parents would take her word for it and just go home and be frustrated, perhaps getting angry at their child and telling the child he is what the teacher said because after all, she is the expert.</p><p></p><p>So, my answer is "yes" and "no" like many others, some kids are overmedicated and others are not getting the help they need which may include medications. Each kid is unique and each situation is unique. We will never really know the answer unless we could study each and every child (medicated or not).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andy, post: 485758, member: 5096"] I think that InsaneCdn is on to something. Our lives have become so fast paced with less daily structure and contact with extended family and classroom sizes are expanding to a crazy number that some of the securities are not there for the kids. Parents don't know how to be warrior moms and dads and sometimes too easily listen to teachers and docs not realizing that they also are humans, not always the experts they need to be in that situation. They really don't see the whole picture and parents don't always know what to share as important details. We see the most success when EVERYONE, parents, teachers, and docs are on the same page, showing real concern for the child as a person and working together to come up with the best solution in a balance of teaching the child tools and offering medications. Tools and medications often times go hand in hand. Medications will help you maintain control/feel healthier and use the tools to make the choices you want to make. I have heard that there is one class in our public school that by the time Christmas comes along just about every student is diagnosed as ADHD. I think there is a teacher out there pushing for medications to control her class because she is not able to function in an active oversized classroom. Classroom sizes are too large! Parents don't always know what the normal development is for their child so when a teacher or doctor of a student in the younger grades state that medication is the way to go, parents may agree just because they trust the teacher or doctor or the teacher or doctor push it on them making it appear the only option if they want to be a good parent. They sometimes let that trust overturn their own uncertainity or instincts. Then there are those teachers that believe EVERY kid should be able to "toe the line" without help and for those parents whose instincts are that something is wrong, they are receiving a message that their kid is just rude, lazy, disrupted, ect. but no need for looking at why. In the teacher's eye, the kid can and should be expected to turn it around himself. Not knowing how to be a warrior parent, the mom or dad do not know that they can follow their instincts and find some help that may mean medications. difficult child hates to read and told me he had trouble with the contrast of the paper and words. A teacher in 7th grade not knowing his diagnosis and history told me that it was because he just didn't want to, that he was being lazy. At that point I knew it was more than that and I was able to warrior past her to look for more input, options and answers. Many parents would take her word for it and just go home and be frustrated, perhaps getting angry at their child and telling the child he is what the teacher said because after all, she is the expert. So, my answer is "yes" and "no" like many others, some kids are overmedicated and others are not getting the help they need which may include medications. Each kid is unique and each situation is unique. We will never really know the answer unless we could study each and every child (medicated or not). [/QUOTE]
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