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On Sun, 11 Jul 1999 01:46:18 GMT, John Neal <johnneal@uswest.net>
wrote:
> Oh, you just hit one of my hot buttons. I'll answer your question. Because a
> lot of today's parents are either a) lazy-assed or b) both working and are too
> tired to keep up with their spirited children. So what's a frazzled or
> lazy-ass parent to do? Get them diagnosed ADD and give them drugs to slow them
> down to their speed. And what a bizarre coincidence that 90% or some such
> absurdly high percentage of the world's children who are diagnosed ADD are
> American! Maybe it's something in our water. Maybe my favorite line from the
Hmm.. Around here, my personal experience about hyperactive kids tends
to suiggest that 90% of the time it's an allergy, usually to coloring
agents.
Now, I dunno how real life in the US is, but the imported stuff we get
from over there is usually _rigid_ with preservatives & artifical
coloring/taste/smell agents.
Note Followup-to:.
Jasper
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