kyleetan's Blog

I think these studies are insane. It's all involved in the parenting. My kids were raised watching lots of tv. Cartoons and movies but they were screened on what they watched and they watched a lot of commercials about food. Fat sugary cereal commercials were on every commercial during a cartoon on a Saturday morning, hamburgers, candy, etc. My kids are not fat, they work a lot and are not glued to the tv. They need to quit doing these studies and do more studies on parenting. That doesn't make me a lazy parent because I let my kids watch tv either. Another study that I have seen a time or two. It's a shame kids today can't be kids. That's why they are out in the street in trouble, parents don't want to be bothered and everything they do inside the home is not healthy for them. The kids aren't the ones that do the grocery shopping. Get to the real problem with kids today.

I agree with Ziggy. My sisters and I were raised watching lots of tv. All three of us survived with no attention problems. I STILL watch a lot of tv. I let my kids watch tv, too. Big deal. They do their homework and studying, play outside, do their chores, etc. People have gotten too stupid with these "studies". There is a difference between a lazy parent and a parent who lets kids be kids.

My only argument here is the fact that like 90 percent of americans have to work for a living. I would love to stay home all the time and raise my child, but unfortunately I am not able to do that. To better myself, I have to finish school. There are not nearly enough work at home jobs legitimately accessible to work for all people. Not to mention most are a scam of some sort. I don't have too much trouble with my child, but he does misbehave sometimes with attention seeking behavior. He is a great little boy, but there are circumstances where I cannot be with him all the time I would like to be. I don't let him watch more than one hour of television per day, but to argue all your statements against parenting, I am a good mother, but I do have to put food on the table, and pay the rent. So what then? My child is at school and daycare more during the week, than he is awake with me. The schools tell me he is not dumb enough, but also not smart enough to get special teaching. I am not blaming anyone here, but what would you say to me?

ADD/ADHD is garbage!! It's an excuse to put kids on meds for being kids!!

When I was in school, if you misbehaved, you got smacked...end of "ADD/ADHD"!!!

These same kids they claim are ADD/ADHD can sit with a video game for hours at a time!

The study seemed to have a lot of "possibles, maybes and we thinks" in it. A study of 1000 children, in New Zealand, without a prior diagnosis of whether any already this "problem" or not. I could have wrote that up sitting here in my living room. If you raise your children on polls that tell you what to do you're pitiful anyway, my sympathies are with you and your children also. I "think" the only way to know if you are doing a good job raising your children today is if they love you tommorrow. I am a strict parent, and srated smacking mt childrens butt when they were in diapers!!! WOW Yes I smacked their little diapers with them in them, it doesn't hurt them but makes a sharp sound that gets their attention. Thats the idea isn't it? Get their attention, in order to change wrong behavior. Parents wake up you are responsible for your childs behavior. I have seen dozens of children get off of 'ritlan' when they received proper nutrition. They didn't have ADD or whatever they were nutritionaly out of whack. But as with most things we wait for it to named as "disease" of the month, then go to a doctor to get the latest medication sold on TV. Pitiful just pitiful and gullible. LOL Sorry folks my kids love cartoons they are 19 an20 yrs old now my oldest works construction and has received $3.00 in raises in les than a year. My youngest has a 95% average in classwork in the Army intelligence training now and will be going to jump school in Nov. I am a single father, since the divorce when they were 4 and 5 yrs old. I am not a super single parent, I just loved them even when they

Not picking on you (Really I think you do make better choices than most) but making a statement about parents in general and how they do tend to “justify” the way they behave. You see them “working mom's” with a BMW and a prada bag , working dads that spend $200 a week on beer...teens with “razor” cell phones walking the streets while both parents are at work ...its about “thinking” and making sacrifices for the sake of your kids and all you or anyone can do is try! I say many people spend more time making excuses for doing things the way they did them before the kids than they do thinking about what they really need...and what they can live without, so that you have more time for parenting! You can't buy back “time” at any price.....

Kylee,
You cant parent him when you're not with him, but trust in the job you do when you ARE with him. You're his mom and I bet you're an awesome mom. His teachers ans daycare can't compare to that. ;)

it is ultimately the parents job , oversee that the daycare and schools they are in provide the proper care that meets your standards.. ky is right she cant parent them when not with them, these facilities need to step up and be sure to back up the morals and values that is taught in the home. we pay these places to do just that, school is where you are educated and taught proper lessons to function in society, im on both sides of the fence on this issue, if things are good at home we shouldnt as parents have to worry when not home... what we instill into our children should be permanent, not just when at home.

I agree with flanative..when you were a kid you got smacked for misbehaving. Parents can't be with their children every step of the way..Sometimes I think people haven't got enough to do so lets label our kids and drug them up so they are zombis and they are so good now..they aren't even living a normal life then.

I've found ADD and ADHD to be lack of foot to butt syndrome. I think both diagnosis are a joke. Sorry, but, I've seen it too many times. What is really funny is that these kids in my neighborhood would behave for me and not their parents. ADD and ADHD are lets take a rambunctious child (usually a boy) and see how stoned out of his mind we can get him. It will make him calm down.