Mindblowing Conversation
This morning I had to take my child into a surgical center to get some dental work done, and while he was resting/coming too, I struck a conversation with the nurse. She talked about her child not doing his work in school and what not, almost as if she was comparing him to my autistic child, but her child was not autistic.
I told her how my son's teacher tried to skate around the topic of ADD with my 9 year old, but that it was against the law for her to actually say ADD (which it is) and I told her there was no way they were going to put my child on drugs when in fact he is just highly empathtic.
She said, "Well you do what you got to do to get your kids through,".
I said, "Yeah but you know what Ritalin is don't you?"
She gave me a long stare and I continued, "There was an article in the paper some 9 years ago, about how it took a scientist to tell the difference between it and cocaine,".
"Yeah, but my child is on concerta, which is amphetamine," she admitted.
"Oh so they just upgraded to harder drugs, nice," I said sarcastically. "You know your child is gifted highly empathic and if he knew that he wouldn't have to be on those drugs," I informned her.
"Well, we don't use it at home, or during the summer or during vacations, because we don't have a problem with him at all. It's just used for school," she explained.
This conversation was an absolute mind blower- a parent admittedly putting their child on amphetamine because she and her husband are too busy to look into Empathy.
I still recommend the E-Book , Empathy- The Truth Behind It! It talks about this subject and as far as I can see, it is absolutely dead on when it comes to the solution for the future of our Crystal Children and Rainbow Children. It's a must read for any parent who is about to or already has out of frustration decided to give in to the pressure of society~ I am still awe struck!