Thousands of Toddlers Are Medicated for A.D.H.D., Report Finds, Raising Worries

An excerpt from this New York Times article: http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/05/17/us/among-experts-scrutiny-of-attention-disorder-diagnoses-in-2-and-3-year-olds.html?_r=2&referrer= ATLANTA — More than 10,000 American toddlers 2 or 3 years old are being medicated for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder outside established pediatric guidelines, according to data presented on Friday by an official at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The report, which found that…

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Surge in ADHD diagnoses gets a red flag

Children play in a corridor in Barcelona, Spain on November 21, 2012Children play in a corridor in Barcelona, Spain on November 21, 2012 An excerpt from an article from http://www.france24.com Doctors sounded a warning Tuesday over a rise in ADHD diagnoses, saying some children may be needlessly taking powerful drugs intended to correct a poorly understood…

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Broken homes, broken boys

There will be a certain point where the bullsh*t they tell people on cable news will finally end. Everything I have been saying is true, real and is starting to rear it’s ugly head…especially in places like CHICAGO. The nuclear-family meltdown of the past half a century has been particularly toxic to boys. BY KAY…

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How Many of These Ridiculous “Disorders” Do YOU Suffer From

By Christopher Kent, D.C., J.D. Normal Human Experience Now Masqueraded as “Disorders” Do you have difficulty sleeping after drinking coffee? The problem isn’t a product of your poor judgment in guzzling java immediately before retiring. You are a victim of 292.89 — Caffeine-Induced Sleep Disorder F15.8. If you reflect on your shyness while tossing and…

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Stop Penalizing Boys for Not Being Able to Sit Still at School

More news that points out the obvious. by Jessica Lahey – The Atlantic Magazine Something is rotten in the state of boys’ education, and I can’t help but suspect that the pattern I have seen in my classroom may have something to do with a collective failure to adequately educate boys. The statistics are grim….

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