<p>“It is the attempted standardization of a human being and of a notion of achievement that is limiting, prescriptive and bullying Ritalin and other forms of enforcement and psychological policing are the contemporary equivalent of the old practice of tying up children’s hands in bed, so they won’t touch their genitals. The parent stupefies the child for the parent’s good.1 Hanif Kureishi”</p>
<p>" On balance, children report that stimulants improve their capacity for moral agency, and they associate this capacity with an ability to meet normative expectations. I argue that although under certain conditions stimulant drug treatment may increase the risk of a threat to authenticity, there are ways to minimise this risk and to maximise the benefits of stimulant drug treatment. "</p>
<p>[Not</a> robots: children’s perspectives on authenticity, moral agency and stimulant drug treatments – Singh – Journal of Medical Ethics](<a href=“http://jme.bmj.com/content/early/2012/08/27/medethics-2011-100224.full]Not”>http://jme.bmj.com/content/early/2012/08/27/medethics-2011-100224.full)</p>
<p>I suspect these are primarily diagnosed combined, or hyperactive/impulsive kids, rather than the kids diagnosed primarily inattentive kids that I think are disproportionately represented on college confidential.</p>