| Do we need to drug hyperactive children in order to | | | | without drugs. This includes therapy and unique |
| create a calm child, or should we allow these children | | | | approaches to the condition that allows the child to |
| to find their own way in life and learn at the way their | | | | retain their own sense of self worth and be as |
| minds are set to function? Many parents today who | | | | creative as he or she wants to be. |
| have received a diagnosis of ADHD, which stands for | | | | Therapy has advanced when it comes to dealing with |
| attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, are faced with | | | | ADHD. The secret to working with a child with ADHD |
| the decision of whether or not they should drug their | | | | is to get them to learn through the process that makes |
| child so that he or she can conform to society. In the | | | | sense to them, not force them to conform to a |
| past, parents often took the advice of doctors and | | | | process that may be difficult for them. Hyperactive |
| child psychologists and gave their children Ritalin and | | | | children often have a hard time sitting still, waiting their |
| other drugs that may have serious side effects. | | | | turn or concentrating. They can often disrupt a |
| Today, however, more is known about ADHD and | | | | traditional classroom setting. For this reason, |
| less attempt is being made to drug hyperactive | | | | hyperactive children today are often labeled with |
| children. We are now aware of not only the harmful | | | | ADHD and sent to special education where they are |
| medical side effects of the medicines that are used to | | | | further outcast from their peers. |
| treat hyperactive children, but also the psychological | | | | If you are a parent of hyperactive children or a child, it |
| side effects as well. After all, a hyperactive child with | | | | can get stressful. You may be tempted to try to fix |
| ADHD is one who is most likely highly creative. The | | | | the "problem" of the hyperactive child without looking |
| impulsiveness that accompanies ADHD often lends to | | | | at how it will affect the child in the long run. You can |
| the creative instinct. When you give a child drugs to | | | | decide to forgo drug therapy in place of therapy and |
| get a calm child, chances are that you are also robbing | | | | strategies that work with the child. Allowing |
| the child of their creativity. You have just created a | | | | hyperactive children to get their thought process and |
| child who is almost like a robot - they go along with life | | | | ideas out is often one of the first steps in dealing with |
| but are not really part of it. | | | | a child with ADHD. Drugging hyperactive children is not |
| There are many ways to deal with a hyperactive child | | | | necessary. |