It's The System, Not The Children

Most of you have probably read Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn. Have you ever thought about how these truly American boys would be treated in today’s government schools? One Doctor has contemplated this. Below is what he has concluded.

“Would Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn be on Ritalin today?” asks child psychiatrist Dr. Lawrence H. Diller in a meeting with the President’s Council on Bio-Ethics. “No doubt in my mind that they would be if they lived in my community. I see Tom Sawyers weekly.” (Hat tip: Evangelical Outpost)

There is a report in MedPageToday about a study of the effects of long term Ritalin use. The study found that this may cause “behavior-modifying brain changes that carry into adulthood”