Medicating Children

ADHD: The Medication Helps Daddy, Too

Kergan Edwards-Stout | Posted 04.16.2012

Kergan Edwards-Stout

We finally decided to try the pharmaceuticals available, only to be met with warnings from countless well-meaning people, none of whom actually had children with ADHD. I began to feel as if, in some small way, they were judging our parenting skills and finding fault.

Why Are We Still Medicating Our Kids?

Marilyn Wedge, Ph.D. | Posted 05.28.2011

Marilyn Wedge, Ph.D.

So, if family therapy is safe, effective, and brief, why do very few people know about it? The answer is simple: follow the money.

Generation Rx Grows Up: A Response to Judith Warner

Kaitlin Bell Barnett | Posted 11.17.2011

Kaitlin Bell Barnett

In deconstructing the "overmedicated kids" storyline, Warner has taken an important first step toward reframing the debate. But we need to go further in our reassessment of kids and medication.

Ending Drunkenness in America

Stanton Peele | Posted 11.17.2011

Stanton Peele

Hopefully, teens will never drink. Instead, they can consume tons of corn starch in soft drinks and snack foods.