To Whom It May Concern

Kid Being Noisy During Whore Island On Fox? SEDATE HIM!!!

I have to wonder sometimes just what society is coming to when such a high percentage of children are labeled as ADD and ADHD and then put on drugs and/or into counseling. I myself was labeled hyperactive, which I thought was bad at the time, but there is no doubt in my mind that some dipshit in a suit with a psychology degree would have diagnosed me ADD and had me popping Ritalin like candy. What is it with psychiatrists and psychologists that they have a need to label as many people as they can with emotional and mental disorders? As though that question even needs to be asked, it’s all about money and name recognition, if you would believe the conspiracy theorists.

While I have no doubt there is a measure of truth to that theory, I believe that in the long run it boils down to lazy behavior. If children came with an instruction manual from God, it would say they are energetic, have a short attention span, are loud and boisterous, and require continual supervision until a specific age. Parents no longer feel it should be their responsibility to take care of their children. “Oh, my kid doesn’t sit down and watch tv, he runs around and acts silly all the time, doctor, we need help.” Why not tell the fucking truth? “Doctor, I’m a lazy piece of shit parent, my kid is normal but I want to drug him up so that I don’t have to take care of him or supervise him so he learns good behaviors, we need help.” That’s the story here, it’s not about kids with problems, it’s about PARENTS with problems.

The whole idea of using drugs to sedate children is disgusting, because when you do that, you develop a need in children for chemically related outside sources of help to cope with the world. What does this say? It should be obvious, if it’s okay for a child to be taking drugs at age 4 and up, when they reach the teenage years they believe it is totally acceptable to go on their own and start in with alcohol, cigarettes, weed, or worse. Anyone who doesn’t believe that using Ritalin and other drugs of that type act as a gateway to elicit drug use later on is an ignorant fool.

It would be wonderful if parents, teachers, administrators, and doctors of all types would quit trying to label all children as abnormal because they don’t meet over restrictive guidelines, guidelines imposed by a society that seems to try to weed out creativity and differences in children that make them unique and wonderful.

Current Lyrical Ramblings

In your house I long to be
Room by room patiently
I'll wait for you there
Like a stone I'll wait for you there

Like A Stone - Audioslave