Egads! Those ads read like a Sci Fi book touting a pills to turn everyone into zombies. Your child being normal and testing boundaries, give them a shot of this, mom or pop finding themselves disagreeing with status qoe? Make them agreeable. Mania? Calm them, lethargic? Revive them.
Today's ads for the chemical balance myth are a bit more sutle but no less dangerous, you need to fall in line, it's you that's out of wack. The ads always bring to my mind the movie Metropolis. Shuffle right up, no thinking or questioning allowed.
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…Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. …...
Desiderata Max Ehrmann
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