In the article Attention Disorder or not, Pills to Help in School

By Alan Schwarz brings to the light how the pills taken by children diagnose with A.D.H.D can also help children with positive behavior in school and at home that is not diagnose with A.D.H.D.

In the article they tell you how it helps the kids with better focus and behavior at home in school. Dr.Anderson stated that the children he sees with academic problems are essentially "mismatched with their environment." Because their families can rarely afford tutoring and family counseling, he said, medication becomes the most reliable effective way to redirect the student toward success." Dr.Anderson said that he decided to change the kid since he can't change the entire environment. 12 year old Alexis ,and 9 year old Ethan was giving Adderall to see if it helps them. In the article it says " The Rocafort decided to use it with  their 12 year old daughter, Alexis, and 9 year old son, Ethan. These children don't have A.D.H.D., their parents said. The Adderall is merely to help their grades, and because Alexis was, in her father's words, "a little blah." "We've seen both sides: we've seen positive, we've seen negative," the father Rocky Rocafort, said.

I think that the medication should not be used to help with grades and other things if they are not diagnose with A.D.H.D. I feel as though the child will start relying on the drug to much to help the produce things they can do with out taking the medicine. Everyone has times when their grades are dropping, sometimes its because they don't give it the effort they capable of doing or maybe their not taking the time out to study. Even collage students are using the drug so that they maintain good grades. I believe they can do it on they own, they have what it takes to make it with out medication. Some children may get addicted and fell like its a need.

This article reminds me of the time when my younger cousin was diagnose with A.D.H.D. His mom would use that as an excuse for everything. I mean sometimes he did things because he knew he could get away with it. My cousin didn't put any effort into anything because he would try to use his diagnose as an excuse but it has come to an end. My cousin is actually very smart when he wasn't on the medication he maintained his good grades and became more interactive at home. The issue wasn't that he had A.D.H.D. It was the lack of effort his dad was putting into being in his son life, and the little attention he was receiving at home. I say they just need more attention. 

This article help me understand why children are taking medication  to help the in school and at home. Maybe children act this way because they want more attention and want to be seen and heard all the time.

What do you think? Do you think the medication help? Do you think you have A.D.H.D at times or you just seek for attention? Do you think you need it to help boost your grades or you capable or your own? Tell me what you think maybe you will maybe you wont.