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Date Posted: 09:15:51 05/20/16 Fri
Author: Richard
Subject: Re: Why All Boys Need to be Raised as Girls
In reply to: April_Case 's message, "Re: Why All Boys Need to be Raised as Girls" on 11:49:10 05/19/16 Thu

April,

I will agree that the ADHD label is cast about far too easily these days by schools that then insist that the child be medicated rather than dealing with the fact that the kid is bored. My son (he turns 25 in a few days) was one that the teachers wanted medicated when he was in first grade. The reasoning? They would take a test, he would finish early, take something out of his desk and play quietly by himself instead of just sitting there doing nothing. That's boredom, not ADHD.

With that said, as he grew older, we found he did actually have an issue with ADHD as he got into later grades. This was not a teacher diagnosing him, or us deciding as parents it was what he had. It was him sitting down with a specialist and describing how he was trying to pay attention to the class lecture and the littlest thing would pull his attention off of it, and then something else grabbing his attention. My youngest daughter has the same issue, it's not dominant in one sex over another.

As you said, teachers that can make things interesting have no problem getting their students involved and decent grades from the kids. My son was able to get a few teachers like that in high school and he did really well in those classes. Those teachers who just read the book to the kids had a harder time getting decent grades.

Richard

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Re: Why All Boys Need to be Raised as Girls -- Seth, 02:12:19 05/30/16 Mon
- Re: Why All Boys Need to be Raised as Girls -- Skyler, 13:15:27 06/19/16 Sun