Should Children Be Treated As Kids, Not Wild Animals

The topic that I have selected has impacted me throughout personal family experience. I plan to argue: Hyperactive children have been considered to have a behavioral disorder in which medical treatment is necessary. Hyperactive children should be treated as kids, not wild animals. Understanding that not being able to focus, being excessively overactive, and not being able to control behavioral issues is a problem, but all medication have their side effects. It’s more the damage a pill, or a douse of medicine will cause a child. I am introducing this topic to an audience that does not know anything about this issue by sharing my personal experience relating to my 12 year old cousin, Felipe. When ADHD, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity†¦show more content†¦No disorder should be compared to any illness. Children are being treated over a situation that can be cured mentally other than being treated like animals. As the semester continues, I want to answer: Why are doctors t reating ADHD like it’s a disease? Can we just sit a child down and teach them right from wrong instead of drugging them with pills to calm them down? Children shouldn’t be relied on medication. In continuation, parents shouldn’t even consider that this is the only option. Medication is just a simple way to get rid of the fact that doctors don t want to take the long route to get rid of the situation. As long as someone gets paid, there is no problem in just writing a medical and prescription bill to send someone off. The things that I am planning to research on this topic vary from what is ADHD and what causes it to what medication is use to help the problem. To find this information, I will research websites, essays, medication backgrounds, documentaries and articles involving this dilemma. Along the way I want to understand in what way physically and mentally it affects children as they grow. As I was saying earlier, my cousin ended up being diagnosed with ADH D. In school he was the number one troublemaker. He would disrupt class, never pay attention and would always be