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Apr. 21, 2006 I won't bore you with minutiae but will try to show a point of view that I hope would be the majorities. The legal drugs parents are giving their children is an insane concept that I can't or won't understand. To calm a child is asking him or her not to be a child at all. Someone once said “Children should be seen and not heard.” We are having babies in this country at a phenomenal rate and for what reasons? Children must run and play because that's what children do. A hyper child is a child and nothing more. If we as parents feel the need to drug a child into behaving themselves then we have yet another shortcut on our hands. We have no time for teaching them about life so we sit them in front of the television and ask them to be silent and calm. When they refuse and roll play, we stick another mind altering drug into their mouths and make them controllable zombies. We should be talking to them and taking them outside in the fresh air, throwing the ball or playing a board game with them. We haven't the time or the energy to do that so we use faster methods. Natural and easier methods to change behavioral problems work but we don't want to be bothered. We know the facts about sugars and children but instead we choose to please and not discipline. A child is smarter then you think they are. They know more at the age of ten then we knew at that age. They also know more about manipulation then we do. We want them happy so we stuff candy in their mouths and when they go ballistic we toss another pill in their mouth. We have become a pill popping society so why not start our children out right. We yell at them instead of talking to them. We give them sugar to quiet them, and then we give them a pill so we can control them. Can't you see anything wrong with this? Attention deficit disorder is a label we placed on our children. Doctors who profit from this new deal are doing just that, force feeding parents with the easy way out. Marijuana will do the same thing so let's not stop at the pills, or better yet a good belt of scotch may just be what they need Parents see a change when they give the pills to the children and I would agree that a calmer child is a better child but at what cost? Any child that is focus on one thing for too long is a boring dope. We don't set limitations on our youth anymore. We want kids but don't want to discipline them which cause's lashing out also. We try so hard to make them like us as friends that we forget to be parents. They can sit and play video games for hours on end but when they get bored we have to deal with them and that to us is unacceptable so we pop the pill in their mouth again. “All work and no play makes Jack and Jill freaking dull.” Interact with them; treasure them, if we keep heading in the wrong direction they will resent us for what we have done to them. I have ranted enough and hope a point has been made here. Let's just let them be children and stop worrying about them running and tiring themselves out, that's what kids do, remember? Ok, I am over due for a pill. If you want your kid to like you that much then stop giving them everything that they want and try giving something that they need, love. Show them guidance and leadership and they will show you the respect you deserve. They are not your buddies they are your children. ------------ About the author: Bob D Caterino is a writer that we all either hate or love. His work can be found at http://www.ebookmall.com/ebook/163906-ebook.htm. My website: www.geocities.com/bdcaterino I found this fan site aimed towards me: http://www.geocities.com/goombabobby He hopes the death threats will stop. Its only words he uses. Laugh and lighten up will ya? Email: VitoGoomba@aol.com Comment on this article here! ------------ All articles are EXCLUSIVE to Useless-Knowledge.com and are not allowed to be posted on other websites. ARTICLE THIEVES WILL BE PROSECUTED! |
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