Great post Tena

I gave birth to a very active, creative and stubborn child. Fortunately, I worked for a very active, creative and stubborn pediatrician. He didn't believe in overmedicating children, even when mothers would become angry for not prescribing antibiotics for a common cold (it's important to build up a resistance early on in life, and antibiotics do nothing for a common cold).

He also didn't believe in controlling behavior through medication unless it was absolutely necessary and all other attempts had failed. There were many times when friends and acquaintances would suggest that my son had ADD/ADHD. Heck yeah, he was a handful - but it was due to being a BOY, not having an illness.

I'm thankful now I didn't medicate him for the problems he endured during childhood/adolescence. He needed to work through those issues and learn from his mistakes BEFORE those apron strings were cut and he was sent out into the world.

I suspect people just don't want to be bothered with their kids anymore. It's less time consuming to just hand them a pill when their schedule collides with ours - or when they won't obey our commands.