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Yes, so how about we speak to the boys like they are expected to become future men. Let's not drug boys into a coma because we don't want to deal with them. Let

Yes, so how about we speak to the boys like they are expected to become future men. Let's not drug boys into a coma because we don't want to deal with them. Let's not give them detention and suspension without someone actually having a 2-way conversation with them. And let's certainly not get angry at children for having more energy than ourselves. If you think hard-handed penalties work, you never received enough education to show that genuine conversation works even better.

Igalze 6y ago
Couldn't agree more. One-size-fits-all approach to education, backed by "do as I say or else..." mentality, is outdated. We personalize everything, from cars to ads, we should be making the same effort to create options for kids to maximize their ability to get the most out of the education system.
kls 6y ago
So on the drugging I wanted to lend my voice to the fact that while it is over diagnosed in children ADD/ADHD does exist, it is a real condition and at times in a persons life it can be debilitating. I personally was diagnosed with ADHD later in life and from the moment I took my first dose the transformation on my abilities was profound. ADD/ADHD medication is one of the true success stories of mental health treatment. Unlike depression, bipolar and other conditions if a person suffers from ADHD, in the vast majority of cases, they will improve and improve significantly with medication and the improvement has a rapid onset from the first dose. I actually choose not to treat it in myself for a long time because I had already suffered thru schooling and it was not until a life event stacked so much responsibility in top of me that I imploded to the point where I could not put one foot in front of the other that I decided to actively treat it. Immediately I look back at all the struggles I had especially in schooling and realized I choose the hard path. So while I agree that we are over-drugging boys, I agree ADD/ADHD is over diagnosed and I agree that school sucks for all boys even the ones that do not have focus problems. I want to lend my voice to caution about rejecting medicating those that do have a legitimate disorder as looking back I realize I did myself a disservice by rejecting being drugged.
- LocalH 6y ago
  ADHD wouldn’t be such an issue if there was a sliver of society that was structured in a more friendly way to our minds. The entirety of society is ADHD-hostile. Not just unfriendly, but actively hostile. Neurotypical privilege run amok

Igalze 6y ago

Couldn't agree more. One-size-fits-all approach to education, backed by "do as I say or else..." mentality, is outdated. We personalize everything, from cars to ads, we should be making the same effort to create options for kids to maximize their ability to get the most out of the education system.

kls 6y ago

So on the drugging I wanted to lend my voice to the fact that while it is over diagnosed in children ADD/ADHD does exist, it is a real condition and at times in a persons life it can be debilitating. I personally was diagnosed with ADHD later in life and from the moment I took my first dose the transformation on my abilities was profound. ADD/ADHD medication is one of the true success stories of mental health treatment. Unlike depression, bipolar and other conditions if a person suffers from ADHD, in the vast majority of cases, they will improve and improve significantly with medication and the improvement has a rapid onset from the first dose. I actually choose not to treat it in myself for a long time because I had already suffered thru schooling and it was not until a life event stacked so much responsibility in top of me that I imploded to the point where I could not put one foot in front of the other that I decided to actively treat it. Immediately I look back at all the struggles I had especially in schooling and realized I choose the hard path. So while I agree that we are over-drugging boys, I agree ADD/ADHD is over diagnosed and I agree that school sucks for all boys even the ones that do not have focus problems. I want to lend my voice to caution about rejecting medicating those that do have a legitimate disorder as looking back I realize I did myself a disservice by rejecting being drugged.

LocalH 6y ago
ADHD wouldn’t be such an issue if there was a sliver of society that was structured in a more friendly way to our minds. The entirety of society is ADHD-hostile. Not just unfriendly, but actively hostile. Neurotypical privilege run amok