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Originally posted by Symphony
More about Ocean: he amazes me with his insight, empathy, humor, intelligence and energy. I've had many a jaw dropping moment. Like, at 4 he asked, "If it takes 2 people to make 1 person where did the first two people come from?" Also at four he could not only add and subtract but do simple multiplication, now he reads books meant for children 2 years older than him. I'm so proud of these things but what takes the cake is that he's so well liked by other kids, teaches, and parents. He's funny and likable and smart! But honestly because of all his strong attributes he is a very difficult child to parent and teach. He is prone to big mood swings and intense emotion and of course...BORDOM! He's been labeled ADHD by his daycare, then his preschool, then his kindergarden! I won't medicate him...he may be ADHD but I'm not shutting off this kid unless he starts failing academically or socially, for now he's just a lot of work...but it's so worth it!!!!
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First off, I wish I had thought of that name 9 months ago...lol
I gotta lend my support to your descision not to medicate for a diagnosis of "ADHD". Drugging kids should be a last resort and reserved for extreme cases of behavioral problems, no one has done any research I can find that supports this kind of action for what children have been like for all recorded time.
Fifty years ago, Ocean would have been called a Prodigy, today he is sick......I just don't get it. Our society has decided to regard normal childhood behavior as incorrect, simply because we don't have time for our kids anymore.
Please follow your heart on this choice(as it is likely to have lasting effects on the most precious of things). Recent scientific studies have shown an actual re-wiring of the brain under the influence of many of todays anti-depresants, and psycopathic drugs. Yet very little research has gone into the results of such treatment.
Think about it. How can you perform a twenty year study on a drug developed five years ago.
Just my take.