You could have just said that, it was more your language than anything.
Some kids genuinely need it until they’ve formed the ability to self-regulate. My little brother wouldn’t have been allowed to stay at school if he’d been unmedicated. Impulsive, distracted, having meltdowns where he’d literally bang his head against hard tile floors, generally making his teacher’s job impossible and alienating him from the other kids. At age 10 him and my mom are giving it a shot without meds. Hard to say if it changed him in any way other than giving him the space to develop the tools he needed to take on school like the other kids in his class.
I don’t know your cousin, but I do know most parents don’t go around getting their young children diagnosed with learning disabilies just for the fun of it.
You could have just said that, it was more your language than anything.
Some kids genuinely need it until they’ve formed the ability to self-regulate. My little brother wouldn’t have been allowed to stay at school if he’d been unmedicated. Impulsive, distracted, having meltdowns where he’d literally bang his head against hard tile floors, generally making his teacher’s job impossible and alienating him from the other kids. At age 10 him and my mom are giving it a shot without meds. Hard to say if it changed him in any way other than giving him the space to develop the tools he needed to take on school like the other kids in his class.
I don’t know your cousin, but I do know most parents don’t go around getting their young children diagnosed with learning disabilies just for the fun of it.