Why are there so many boys on psychotropic drugs.

Question

The majority of minors on prescribed psychotropic drugs are white males, it seems that society as a whole wishes to subdue boys by adjusting their chemistry in order to give girls a clear advantage. Is Ritalin just another way of enforcing affirmative action?

Answer 1

god only knows''

Answer 2

It calms the boys down.  /

Answer 3

My theory on this subject is so many of our youth is being given psychotropic drugs because we have become a society that allows our children to do what they want. Instead of disciplining our children we try to reason with them or let them learn on their own and that is obviously not the way to do things. So when we as parents get to the point we can not handle the behavior we trot the kids off to a psychiatrist and have them prescribe drugs to "cure" the problem we created. My mother spanked me when I did bad and I turned out alright however there is a HUGE difference in the way I act compared to that of other people I know that got the "whatever" type of raising. I think we should dismiss the doctors that believe punishment is wrong and go back to teaching our kids right then may by we would see a decline in the prison systems and the youth drug prescriptions.