Letter: Medication right choice for ADHD
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As a parent of a child with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, I have to disagree with Ross Rosenfeld ["Think twice before medicating kids," Opinion, Oct. 11]. I thought long and hard before medicating my son.
When he was in preschool I was told that he was very "busy" and impulsive. He couldn't sit still during story time and had boundary issues. In elementary school, his second-grade teacher told me that he was "a danger to himself," "disruptive to the class," and that the other children didn't want to be around him. Medication and therapy helped my son.
I knew it was not a quick fix, but it was a way for my son to succeed in life. Unfortunately, some teachers do not want to work with special kids. They have large classes, and they can't always give these children the structure they need. These teachers are the ones to quickly tell parents to medicate.
I was lucky to find many caring teachers who worked with my son and helped us to get the care he needed.
Robin Atlas, Oceanside
