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Re: The future of child care
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 14 Mar 2003 16:30:33 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler writes:
> http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/Midwest/03/14/spiked.juice.ap/index.html
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> Next thing you know, doctors will be over-prescribing drugs for kids who
> have trouble sitting through a boring school day. Nah, that'll never happen...
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> By the way, I am not equating the prudent prescription of medication for
> those who suffer from real ailments, but I *am* uncomfortable with the
> "medicate it so you don't have to deal with it" mantra that's become so
> prevalent lately.
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> Dave!
But isn't that the direction of society in general right now--any bit of
sniffle, any bit of pain, any slight cough, and "dammit, I want my medicine!"
Any sort of uncomfortableness and we want a "quick fix"--"why should I
suffer the least bit?"
Then there's the other end of the spectrum--there are those
*cough*me*cough*, who are sick for like a month nad a half, and only when
they hack up a lung do they think it's time to see a doctor. (not that the
doc did much for me, and the cold eventually went away...)
I like to err on my side of the extreme--as in "You'll have to drag me to go
see the doc."
This guy though, giving his kid unprescribed Rx--that is the epitome of lunacy.
Dave K
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| (...) It sounds like you're saying that people _should_ suffer. I don't get it. (...) lunacy. It wasn't "his" kid. If I were the parental victim in this case, my wrath would be extreme. Chris (22 years ago, 14-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (URL) thing you know, doctors will be over-prescribing drugs for kids who have trouble sitting through a boring school day. Nah, that'll never happen... By the way, I am not equating the prudent prescription of medication for those who suffer from (...) (22 years ago, 14-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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