the names we used to know

i have seen far too many kids have their spirits squshed by behavioral meds. one of my greatest fears as a parent is that some day a guidance counselor or teacher is going to tell me that my daughter needs to be medicated in order to reach her full scholastic potential.

i don’t know. i guess i really won’t know until i get there. it just scares me how our society is so reliant upon quick fixes that we won’t allow ourselves to face pain, distraction and struggles if there’s a pill for it. and what good does it do? we pop a pill to pacify us for a little while. but what do we do when something happens to us that they haven’t made a pill for yet? we’re more inclined to give up and not fight it because we have never fought before. we’re numb. not better, just numb.

ok… rant over. just my opinion.