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Bureaucrat Thugs Bully Father For Removing Son off Ritalin
When Chad Taylor noticed his son was apparently experiencing serious side effects from Ritalin prescribed for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, he decided to take the boy off the medication. Now, he says he may be accused of child abuse. In February, 12-year-old Daniel began displaying some symptoms that his father suspected were related to the use of Ritalin. "He was losing weight, wasn’t sleeping, wasn’t eating," Taylor told ABC News affiliate KOAT-TV in New Mexico. "[He] just wasn’t Daniel."
But it was so much more convienient for the "School administrators" "Keep the kid doped up, instead of using proper discipline. That makes our job easier, and we can collect an easy paycheck off taxpayers.
So Taylor took Daniel off Ritalin, against his doctor’s wishes. And though Taylor noticed Daniel was sleeping better and his appetite had returned, his teachers complained about the return of his disruptive behavior. Daniel seemed unable to sit still and was inattentive. His teachers ultimately learned that he was no longer taking Ritalin.
Incompetent doctor demands Ritalin continue, while ignoring the side effects, then facist bureaucrats bully the father. What a country!
School officials reported Daniel’s parents to New Mexico’s Department of Children, Youth and Families.
This kid makes us have to earn our paycheck baaaw. Let’s just threaten the father. .
Then a detective and social worker invaded made a home visit. "The detective told me if I did not medicate my son, I would be arrested for child abuse and neglect," Taylor said. A spokesman for New Mexico’s Department of Children, Youth and Families told KOAT-TV that they could not comment on the case because of state confidentiality laws.
And fear of retaliation therough massive numbers of lawsuits in similar cases.
John Francis, a detective for the Rio Rancho Department of Public Safety, lyingly said that Taylor was not threatened but told KOAT-TV that parents could be charged in situations like his.
{John Francis starts to breathe heavily and drool}
Kids are overmedicated for the convienience of school administrators. I wonder if this kid is involved in sports? Has he thuroughly been tested for food allergies? Is some bully bothering him in school that the PC facist administrators don’t want to deal with? If his apparent health improved when taken off the drugs, and the doctor made trouble for him, then papa needs to go to a new town, and get a new doctor, and a new school to perserve his family.
Posted by: BigEd 2004-06-08
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