"This is the new reality."
Students use it to study. Women use it for weight loss.
The ADHD diagnosis is a joke. Anyone can qualify just by drinking a bs-ing, or drinking coffee regularly.
The ADHD explosion is a product of the we can have it all society. Both parents want to work, and any child who does not immediately fit in is a problem. Teachers are under pressure to do many, many things in the classroom (sadly most of those aren’t academic), and the teachers as did the parents feel that any child who does not fit in has to be fixed. They want an immediate solution to any disruptive child, and medicating a child gives it to them. Twenty-five years ago when my kids were just starting school, I saw child after child medicated for superficial reasons. Any child that did not immediately “fit in” was told that they had ADHD and should go to their doctor to get medicated. The doctor took the teacher’s word and wrote a prescription. There was no check list for symptoms merely the teacher’s word. ADHD is the global warming of education. People stretch the definition to suit their needs and see it even if it isn’t there.
The author's reading comprehension may need some work (or writing comprehension, to coin a phrase). The standard was already to diagnose and treat ADHD in children under 7; the changes allow the diagnosis to be made later, not earlier.
"This is the new reality."
"Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit amphetamines."
Everyone diagnosed and medicated for ADD will be classified as mentally ill, and become ineligible for gun ownership. Part of the master plan.
We figured it was less work and effort to do what parents have done for 5,000 years, which was to spank our kids.
Worked like a charm.