... but isn't "Beat your Child so he will not be Spoiled" a verse from the Bible?

Who are you, Annette, Ms. Jesus?

Like most Davenport columns I knew this one would stir a hornets nest.

We went to a kids bday party last Sat. First time we've met this family, the kid is in the same class as my son. The mother of said kid told us he had acted up in school the previous day. She mentioned the kid has ADHD and was being medicated, just as nonchalantly as if she had said he had brown hair and was wearing a blue shirt.

I see Ms. Keisel's and Davenport's viewpoints. While I believe these disorders exist, I also believe some cases of ADHD are diagnosed and kids medicated for convenience without factoring in other options including discipline.

I don't remember Davenport mentioning autism, that is an entirely different animal than ADHD. Wasn't too familiar with Sensory Integration Dysfunction.

http://www.kid-power.org/sid.html

Ms. Kiesel, the only problem in this equation is Charles Davenport. Like so many others (in other media markets, etc.) Davenport is nothing more than a sound bite artist. There is a market for him in the N & R. That is why he is there. It is not about what he necessarily says, rather that that some want to read/hear what he mimicks.

Sadly, his mimicking more often than not hurts unknown people. You happen to be one of the "collateral damaged" this time around. For that, I am sorry.

Shalom