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Article: One View: A Spanking Might Beat Ritalin.(treatment for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder)(Interview)
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- U.S. News & World Report
- Article date:
- June 9, 2008
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Byline: Nancy Shute
Over the years I've talked with Lawrence Diller, a behavioral pediatrician in Walnut Creek, Calif., about how society deals with children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. He often prescribes Ritalin for children with ADHD, but he also thinks that Ritalin is prescribed too often. He seems like a thoughtful, reasonable guy. So imagine my surprise when I saw an article by Diller in which he asked: "Could it be that America would rather give unruly kids a pill than a swat?" Spanking instead of Ritalin? Wow. So I called him and asked what's up. Excerpts:
Spanking is probably the most controversial issue in child rearing. You treat children ...
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