Attention Deficit Disorder

 

Putting undisciplined behavior in the category of a disease makes it easier for liberals to condemn all corporal punishment of children. (Proverbs 13:24; 22:15; 23:13-14; 29:15) All too often children are diagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder based on little or no examination and merely because they exhibit childish attitudes or undisciplined behavior, and often in spite of any contradicting evidence (such as when a child in question demonstrates the ability to give undivided attention to a TV, video game, or phone conversation for long periods of time). Some of the studies and claims on this remind me of an episode of the "WKRP IN Cincinatti" TV show in which a psychiatrist (who turned out to be a quack) being interviewed on the air insisted that all children are mentally insane because they are childish. I do not claim expertise, nor am I attempting to diagnose anyone's child, and I also acknowledge that there are psychological maladies with a medical or biological basis. I am simply encouraging everyone to study this matter further.

The Great A.D.D. Hoax, by David Keirsey

ADHD: The Hoax Unravels, By Philip Hickey, PhD

ADHD: A Destructive Psychiatric Hoax, By Philip Hickey, PhD