Comments on: Hobbesless http://allenholt.com/content/hobbesless Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:51:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Allen http://allenholt.com/content/hobbesless/comment-page-1#comment-440 Allen Wed, 12 Jul 2006 13:55:08 +0000 http://thunderdog.com/?p=299#comment-440 <p>The thing is... I don't agree with drugging our children to control their behavior, but I know that it works. My 13-year-old nephew has a horrible case of ADD, but when he's on his medication, he can concentrate, sit still, learn, have a normal conversation. But it's not teaching him how to moderate his behavior himself, and I have a major problem with that — it's only reinforcing the victim mentality which has already been fostered within him.</p> <p>Is it worth drugging the child so he isn't disruptive to his classmates and problematic to his parents if it also subdues his imagination and creativity? I don't have a good answer to that. But I know that this cartoon almost made me want to cry.</p> The thing is… I don’t agree with drugging our children to control their behavior, but I know that it works. My 13-year-old nephew has a horrible case of ADD, but when he’s on his medication, he can concentrate, sit still, learn, have a normal conversation. But it’s not teaching him how to moderate his behavior himself, and I have a major problem with that — it’s only reinforcing the victim mentality which has already been fostered within him.

Is it worth drugging the child so he isn’t disruptive to his classmates and problematic to his parents if it also subdues his imagination and creativity? I don’t have a good answer to that. But I know that this cartoon almost made me want to cry.

]]> By: Dwight http://allenholt.com/content/hobbesless/comment-page-1#comment-439 Dwight Wed, 12 Jul 2006 10:27:31 +0000 http://thunderdog.com/?p=299#comment-439 <p>It seems quite explicable to me.</p> It seems quite explicable to me.

]]> By: Poo Bah http://allenholt.com/content/hobbesless/comment-page-1#comment-438 Poo Bah Tue, 11 Jul 2006 21:30:48 +0000 http://thunderdog.com/?p=299#comment-438 <p>After my memory rambled for a bit, I remembered the movie <a>, which had a similar idea.</a></p> After my memory rambled for a bit, I remembered the movie , which had a similar idea.

]]> By: Poo Bah http://allenholt.com/content/hobbesless/comment-page-1#comment-437 Poo Bah Tue, 11 Jul 2006 21:15:15 +0000 http://thunderdog.com/?p=299#comment-437 <p>It makes me sad, too, but it does say a lot about how kids today get treated.</p> <p>I'd expect that Calvin would be diagnosed with <a href="http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001537.htm" rel="nofollow">Oppositional Defiant Disorder</a> and then drugged into submission in a modern school.</p> It makes me sad, too, but it does say a lot about how kids today get treated.

I’d expect that Calvin would be diagnosed with Oppositional Defiant Disorder and then drugged into submission in a modern school.

]]> By: Sarah T http://allenholt.com/content/hobbesless/comment-page-1#comment-436 Sarah T Tue, 11 Jul 2006 20:37:34 +0000 http://thunderdog.com/?p=299#comment-436 <p>I don't think it's inexplicable at all. It's sad!</p> I don’t think it’s inexplicable at all. It’s sad!

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