[freedumb2003]

Oh - and the correct therapy (read: learning how to apply one's own ability to filter out distraction) has eliminated the need for even minimal pharmaceutical intervention at all in my kids.

Good for you! Back when I was a kid, they called me 'hyperactive.' Thank GOD they didn't have Ritalin or whatever the heck they are giving kids who are outside normative measurements.

I got what all such kids should get -- firm love, boundaries, help in self-control.

But such "therapies" require too much time and, of course, a parent who actually does parenting.

Easier to drug the little troublemaker.

Thank you for doing the heavy lifting that most biological units won't do.

[ccwoman]

"Easier to drug the little troublemaker"

We don't think like that!! I only got straterra for my child at the school's insistence..I didnt WANT to put my daughter on meds but if it will help her to stay focused and learn to read, I am willing to do it.
I discipline my daughter, I spend quality time with her. I am a girl-scout leader, Sunday school teacher and classroom volunteer so my child's ADHD certainly isnt a result of my lack of parenting!!!

[MortMan]

Ritalin was a factor in the therapy - but at the smallest dosage level (and was titrated through clinical testing to balance the benefit against the downside of the stuff). My kids have been off the drug for coming on 3 years now - and my son just got a 90 on his (home school) math test yesterday! I'm VERY proud of my kids! All 3 of them!