Scarecrow

So according to CNN, the FDA has come out and said that they "generally agree" that anti-depressants might be bad for kids.

Shocking.

This might explain half of my friends in High School.

Did we ever stop to think that maybe, just maybe we might not be helping these kids by pumping them full of strange chemicals? Maybe it is just me, but I see this as another example of us (as a culture) avoiding responsibility.

Do not feel good? Take this pill.
Want to lose weight? Have a pill.
Little Johnny will not behave. Give him this pill.
Cannot get it up? Have a pill.

A nation of addicts.

I know that medications can (and do) help people, and I know that they help people with severe mental illness. Absolutely. I am not anti-medication, but rather, I feel like we (as a culture & society) do not want to take responsibility for or actions and anything we can blame it on, we do.

It seems like Ritalin has become the most pervasive drug in the country. I am consistently hearing stories about parents that stick their kids on Ritalin. Do they have any idea what Ritalin does? Or of its long-term effects? I do not know.

I single this out because, I see Ritalin being used to replace parenting and discipline. Kids are rambunctious. They are less so when they have a routine and a set of rules they have to follow. Drugging them to their eyeballs so they are easier for you to handle is ridiculous. It does not help parent or child in any meaningful way.

As I stated, I am not anti-meds. I just feel like we hand them out like candy,

It is thoughts like this one that keep me up at night.

Well this, and why people like reality television.


EDIT:::: Note to self - do not write when falling asleep. BAD spelling mistakes are the result.