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Article #13: ADD - Are Children Being Unnecessarily Medicated

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Attention Deficit Disorder. What is it? even trying new approaches, but giving up
How is it affecting our children and our and going to worksheet and textbook-based
schools? Attention Deficit Disorder is a teaching. No adult would want to be a
syndrome that usually begins during one's part of that class. Children are
childhood and persists throughout one's naturally more energetic and into
life. It is characterized as a syndrome exploring this vast world and we are not
resulting in hyperactivity, shortened allowing them the opportunities at school
attention spans and being impulsive in or at home to utilize the energy they
different areas of life. Attention have been blessed with.
Deficit Disorder has been, sadly, treated Much of this lack of interest is due to
as an excuse for many of the culture's the media today. Most children in this
social and education problems and is culture, spend well over a fourth of
costing many students their health and their existence in front of a television,
their own personalities. movie screen, computer, or video game.
Attention Deficit Disorder has been No wonder we can't keep them entertained
overly diagnosed in the children of the for very long. They are so used to the
United States. A large percentage of fast paced culture in which we live, they
children go to the nurse's office after have been programmed to not be interested
lunch in order to take their pill; the long. Isn't that what the media is all
pill that will help them perform better about? Moving on to the next thing, the
and sit still. One area that this "better" thing? This is not being
overmedicating is trying to cover up is properly dealt with, due to the society
the lack of activities that stimulate the blaming Attention Deficit Disorder.
children of this culture in schools. The Finally, parental involvement and what
incredible rate at which this culture goes on in the home is what is critical
receives information, especially our when it comes to the temperament and
children, is astounding and difficult to attention span of a child. Many children
compete with in order to keep the in this nation do not have the time with
children involved in learning and their families that they need in order to
conversation. Finally, the lack of learn what it looks like to behave
parental involvement and support is rightly or to have an attention span
another issue that is not being dealt longer than a few minutes, because their
with as severely as it should be, due to parents act no different than their
the overmedicating of today's children. children. "Attention Deficit is to blame
Everywhere you look, one can see we say."
beautiful new school buildings going up Something must be done in the areas just
with highly medicated children and very discussed. Attention Deficit Disorder is
little learning going on inside. not to blame. We are overmedicating and
Teachers have reached their final rope under educating our youth, using
when it comes to figuring out how to Attention Deficit as an excuse. While
reach the children they teach. Hands on there may be a small number of
activities aren't fast paced enough. individuals whom the medication does
Games are too boring and books are a help, many children are losing their
thing of the past for many children in identities to a small pill each day.
the schools today. Many teachers aren't






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