Nancy Jones's List: parent stuff

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• when given to children over long periods of time, they neither improve school achievement nor reduce behavior problems.
• e have been learning about the lack of effectiveness of these drugs.
• were believed to require attention-deficit drugs to correct
• little to no evidence to support this theory.
• while the drugs helped children settle down in class, they actually increased activity in the playground.
• They enhance the ability to concentrate, especially on tasks that are not inherently interesting or when one is fatigued or bored, but they don’t improve broader learning abilities.
• effects of stimulants on children with attention problems fade after prolonged use.
• he loss of appetite and sleeplessness in children first prescribed attention-deficit drugs do fade, and, as we now know, so do the effects on behavior
• behavior worsens because the children’s bodies have become adapted to the drug
• fter three years, these effects had faded, and by eight years there was no evidence that medication produced any academic or behavioral benefits

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• inspiring resilience
• utterly one-sided, factually questionable, and could pose a real risk to some vulnerable young viewers.*
• well-intentioned educators can be overwhelmed by the day-to-day dilemmas that bullying poses for them
• disproportionate punishment.
• We hear that bullying—and bullying alone—caused his death.
• mental health history.
• ad totaled his c
• pulled him from all of his honors and AP classes,
• claims that Tyler had a girlfriend who broke up with him in fall 2009
• “To leave Tyler’s mental health problems out of the film is an egregious omission,
• irst, research shows a strong link between Asperger’s and suicide and a link between bipolar disorder and suicide as well.
• If Tyler had been accurately portrayed as a kid with mental health challenges that were very hard for him to manage, he wouldn’t seem so attractive.
• The suicide note has seemingly nothing to do with bullying
• They seem to be about middle school and the first year and a half of high school.
• The lawyer for the Murray County schools says that no one in the district remembers hearing from Hirsch or his crew
• he only thing that matters in explaining Tyler’s death is that school officials failed to prevent bullies from tormenting him.
• And believe me, I know that by describing the other problems Tyler was facing, I will be accused of blaming the victim.
• campaigns that certain members of the media are all too eager to embrace.
• ongoing court battle. Ju
• oversimplifies and distorts.

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