Hey now!! Let's consider teachers, doctors and caregivers. Parents are often pressured into or misled to accepting prescription medications because they trust the professionals to know what's best for the child. I know many parents, who, if the doctor or teacher said tomorrow, "Your child has other options besides drugs" they would gladly take their child off of these meds.

Teachers were pushing parents to get tehir kids on ritalin so that it is easier for the teacher to handle perfect little children. If the parent does not know of this happening, the parent is going to follow the recommendations of the teachers. If the doctor goes along with it because he is just used to grabbing the prescription sheets, the parent has 2 professionals saying the child needs this drug.

Rip, you just said it yourself.....We don't know how these drugs affect even adults....so why would you say that parents are permitting these drugs? We don't know. We trust.

What would the parent think? Give parents a break huh?

Lori