tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8283748983805583366.post6455831316775312305..comments2023-04-30T07:45:12.704-07:00Comments on megan writes: he's...different.Meganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11442591435467733197noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8283748983805583366.post-10468584394652100782014-04-07T11:06:24.507-07:002014-04-07T11:06:24.507-07:00I am absolutely with ohshirtpodcast... the reality...I am absolutely with ohshirtpodcast... the reality is that forcing kids to conform isn't the healthy solution... EVER... This is so sad... I used to work in a group home where the kids were heavily medicated and when a medication would no longer work the way they wanted it to, they would switch meds and the ENTIRE personality of the child would change. TERRIFIED me. It was a huge wake up call. I have a (now) 15 year old girl who has a strong emotional impairment, is defiant and VERY strong willed and she takes ZERO pills to control her... Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8283748983805583366.post-11417713813448782352014-03-27T22:18:25.398-07:002014-03-27T22:18:25.398-07:00I think it will one day be looked at as barbaric j...I think it will one day be looked at as barbaric just the same as we look at lobotomies. It's a savagely selfish thing to damn someone else into being just like the others when they aren't able to understand the effects of the drugs. I know that it becomes crazy difficult to teach with an unruly child or to even have a conversation with one, but I don't think it's a fair thing to do. It's taking someone's personality away before they've even fully formed it. <br /><br />As a child I was quite the spastic little bastard (not saying much has changed) and were it not for my family being financially incapable to afford the zombie making medication I wouldn't have most of what I have in my life now. I learned through social cues how to compose myself in certain situations and that is a very important life lesson. <br /><br />Ultimately it feels like lazy parenting/teaching and a way to fill the coffers of the pharmaceutical companies. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8283748983805583366.post-49062813636571965892014-03-27T15:08:43.588-07:002014-03-27T15:08:43.588-07:00I know just how you don't know how you feel.I know just how you don't know how you feel.Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00256853329068994102noreply@blogger.com