Adhd
...the phone rings and it's your child's teacher. As soon as you pick up the phone and realize who is on the other line you are already well aware of what is about to be said. As you mock the voice on the other line, thoughts about how frequent these calls are becoming fill your mind. As a parent you do not want to believe that your child is a trouble maker and would like to believe that this is just another phase that they are going through, but the seriousness of your child's behavior is escalating. This is the third time this month that a teacher has called complaining of your child's difficulty concentrating and their inattention in the classroom (Monastra 11). The teacher describes your child's behavior as hyperactive and wonders if any unusual behavior patterns have been observed at home as well. The teacher thinks that detention and calling you are not helping and suggests that you take your child to the doctor to consult about the possibility of your child having ADHD. Now that you think about it, you have noticed lack of concentration during homework, excessive talking and activity lately. So you concede to taking your child in for an evaluation by a psychiatrist for ADHD. As it turns out, according to your doctor's diagnosis, your child has ADHD. Now as a parent it is your duty to figure out what this all means for you and your child.
This scenario is familiar to numerous parents across the country. ADHD is one of the most diagnosed disorders among adolescents, plaguing a reported two million children in the United States alone (Glick). With such a wide scale disorder stems controversy and conflicting views on how to treat the disorder. It is almost as if mental disorders are notoriously glamorized in society. "Nearly a quarter of the U.S. workforce (28 million workers) experience a mental disorder" not including plenty of additional suffers who have...
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