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If there\u2019s ever been a hot button to push, it\u2019s that bright red button called ADD\/ADHD.\u00a0 Parents, administrators, and teachers all seem to have an opinion on this issue. What makes it worse is that everybody seems to have differing and opposing views.\u00a0 Some swear by medication, others say they would never medicate their children.<\/p>\n
My Two Cents<\/strong><\/p>\n Personally, I chose not to medicate my son.\u00a0 He grew into his normal height of six foot four inches, sleeps well, and functions admirably in society.\u00a0 He bought his first house at twenty-three and a business at twenty-six.\u00a0 He supports his family and is a well-rounded person.\u00a0 Oh, and did I mention that he won\u2019t even take a Tylenol for a headache or other pain?<\/p>\n That\u2019s our success story, although I know others can argue that medication changed their lives. I don\u2019t cast judgment on anyone for medicating a child.\u00a0 There were days when my son was struggling in school, doing three hours of homework every night, and in general dissatisfied with school, that I almost succumbed to medicating him.\u00a0 We rode it out.\u00a0 I\u2019m glad.<\/p>\n Let\u2019s Change our Classrooms<\/strong><\/p>\n It\u2019s my belief that children, especially little boys, should be allowed to run around and wear off their energy before, during, and after school.\u00a0 They should be allowed to \u201cwiggle\u201d in their chairs and move around to wear off excess energy.\u00a0 They should be able to stand or sit or lie on the ground.<\/p>\n What, you say?\u00a0 This is no way to run a classroom.\u00a0 I say\u2026yes, it is!\u00a0 How much do you think those kids who are struggling just to sit in a chair retain from a lesson?\u00a0 Probably not much.\u00a0 But, if these kids were allowed to get their \u201cya yas\u201d out, then I would bet they would pay better attention.\u00a0 Without medication.<\/p>\n There\u2019s no Blood Test<\/strong><\/p>\n Keep in mind that there is no blood test for ADD\/ADHD.\u00a0 The testing is subjective.\u00a0 Parents, teachers, and others who share their time with the student simply fill out a checklist on certain behaviors.\u00a0 From there, a medication is prescribed by a physician.<\/p>\n Without a litmus test, a firm diagnosis, people are medicating children.\u00a0 Often they fall under the guise that these medications are low-dosages.\u00a0 I certainly hope so.\u00a0 A child of six years old should never be medicated in my opinion.\u00a0 He is way too young to have these chemicals in his body. Why?\u00a0 Because his brain is forming.\u00a0 Those neural pathways are stretching between body and brain.\u00a0 This learner is too young for medication to possibly interfere with the super-highway of neurons that is forming in his brain.<\/p>\n Use the Wait and See Approach<\/strong><\/p>\n If you\u2019ve ridden out year after year and tried everything else, then there is a time and place for medication.\u00a0 Please, for your child\u2019s sake, wait a while to medicate.\u00a0 Wait until there are no more options.\u00a0 Then, watch carefully to make sure there are no side effects attached to this medication.<\/p>\n I know that if you were to follow me around any given day, that I would qualify as having ADD\/ADHD. Yet, I\u2019m happy, functional, and get a lot done in a day.\u00a0 I know, without a doubt, that if they had medication for ADD\/ADHD in the 1960\u2019s when I went to school, that I most likely would have been their poster child. Thankfully, I never had to go through all of that and have learned to use my gifts, my energy, my personality, the very essence of who I am\u2026in a positive way.<\/p>\n So, I beg of you.\u00a0 Think, explore, and try everything before you allow your young learner to be placed on medication for ADD\/ADHD.<\/p>\n Best wishes, If there\u2019s ever been a hot button to push, it\u2019s that bright red button called ADD\/ADHD. Parents, administrators, and teachers all seem to have an opinion on this issue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1167,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,9,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dyscalculia","category-dysgraphia","category-dyslexia"],"yoast_head":"\n
Lisa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"