Re: ADHD blamed for illegal drug use and crime

On Thu, 20 Nov 2003 02:04:59 +0000 (UTC), [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Anon
Poster) wrote:

>On Thu, 20 Nov 2003 01:46:22 -0000, "Weyoun the Dancing Borg"
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]@@dancingborg.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Jasbird" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>>news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>> <http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3282423.stm>
>>> Wednesday, 19 November, 2003, 02:46 GMT
>>>
>>> CPS plea on hyperactive juveniles
>>>
>>> By Sarah Sturdey
>>> BBC correspondent
>>>
>>> The number of young offenders with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity
>>> Disorder (ADHD) is increasing, says the Crown Prosecution Service.
>>
>>no it isnt. it's the fact that kids are allowed to do anything, and you
>>can't give them a slap to teach them not to. Once they realise this, they do
>>what they want and then are diagnosed with this "problem". It isn't a
>>disorder, it's lack of proper parenting in most cases.
>
>Most often only one child has AD/HD in a family with one or more
>normal children, all of whom are brought up in the same  environment.

How can you say that all children are brought up in the "same
environment" just because they're all in the same family - what about
sibling rivalry and how it plays itself out in internal parent-child,
child-child relationships? Younger children are often treated quite
differently to the eldest child - as I have witnessed.

>Work on identifying the genetic factors is already well underway. I'm
>aware of one such study being conducted at Cambridge Uni.

I would be happy to hear that work on identifying all possible factors
is underway - because I doubt that it can be explained solely by
genetics if, as you say: "only one child has AD/HD in a family with
one or more normal children"