The other day I passed along the
MSNBC report re: parents pushing doctors for ADHD-type meds (in the abscence of ADHD) to help high achieving students achieve higher.
Odd Time Signatures blog has provided some thought provoking criticism of the MSNBC report.
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Hi there, and thanks for the shout-out. Stories like the one on MSNBC make my blood boil. Instead of focusing on the attitudes of the parents who think giving their kids Ritalin for performance rasons is a good thing, they focus on Ritalin and ADHD, which feeds the grist mill of those who think that ADHD should never be medicated, that it's not a legitimate condition, etc.
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