There is no difficult child, the hardest thing is to be a child in a world of tired, busy, patient and hasty people, there are parents, teachers and guardians who forget one of the most important commitments of a child’s education: offering adventures. for children.
It is such a real problem that sometimes one can worry about the simple fact that a child is restless, noisy, happy, emotional and energetic. There are parents and professionals who don’t want children, they want robots.
- It is normal for a child to run.
- Fly.
- Scream.
- Experiment and make his environment an amusement park.
- It is normal for a child.
- At least at an untimely age.
- To show the way he is.
- Not as adults want.
But to achieve this, it is important to understand two fundamental things:
Although very fashionable in the health and school sector, the true existence of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is highly questionable, at least in the exact way it is designed, currently this disorder is considered a picture where different cases are found. they pile up, ranging from neurological problems to behavioral problems or lack of resources and skills to cope with them on a day-to-day.
Statistics are damning. According to data from the IV-TR Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV TR), the prevalence of ADHD in boys is 3 to 7 cases per 100 children, the worrying thing is that the underlying biological hypothesis is just that, a hypothesis that is tested by trial and error with a reasoning that begins with “looks like it’s because”.
In the meantime, we over-care for children who live with us because they show disturbing behaviors, because they don’t pay attention to us, and because they don’t seem to think when they do their job. This is a delicate issue, so it is necessary to be careful and responsible, consultation with good psychiatrists and child psychologists.
On this basis, it should be noted that there is no clinical or psychological examination that objectively determines the existence of ADHD; Without a doubt, the tests are performed based on prints and various tests, the diagnosis is determined by the time they are done and the subjective printing of these tests.
We should not forget that we treat children with amphetamines, antipsychotics and anxiolytics, which can have adverse consequences on their neurological development, we do not know what the impact of this drug will be, much less the abuse, a drug that will only reduce symptoms, but does not reverse the problem.
Sounds crazy, but why is it continuing? One of the reasons is probably financial, because the pharmaceutical industry is moving billions through the drug treatment given to children. On the other hand, there is the philosophy of “better this than nothing”. Self-deception of the happiness pill is a common practice. factor in many pathologies.
Leaving aside labels and diagnoses that, in the proportion in which they occur, become questionable, it is necessary to stop and be aware that adults are usually sick and that the main symptom is mismanagement of educational institutions and school policies.
More and more specialists are becoming aware of this and seeking to impose restrictions on parents and professionals who feel the need to put the ADHD label on problems that often arise mainly from the family environment and the lack of opportunities it offers the child to develop. Skills.
According to Marino Pérez Alvarez, specialist in clinical psychology and professor of psychopathology and intervention techniques at the University of Oviedo, ADHD is nothing more than a label for problematic behaviors in children who do not have a solid neurological scientific basis as usual. as an unfortunate label that encompasses problems or uncomfortable aspects that are actually within the normal range.
? It doesn’t exist. ADHD is a diagnosis without clinical identity, and medication, far from being a treatment, is it really doping?, says Marino. The idea has been widespread that neurological imbalance is the cause of several problems, but there is no certainty that it is a problem. cause or consequence, i. e. neurochemical imbalances can also occur in the relationship with what surrounds the child.
In other words, the appropriate question is: is ADHD a science or an ideology? We must be critical and look at a world that promotes cerebrocentrism and looks for the material causes of everything without stopping to think about the cause and the consequence.
From this basis, we must think about the needs and strengths of every child and adult who can be diagnosed, addressing this problem individually will bring more health and well-being to both the little ones and society at large. what we have to do is a critical analysis of ourselves.