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An ADHD Cure?

An ADHD Cure?

Although counseling is considered suitable for many adolescent behavior problems, science has not demonstrated this to be true for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (Hinshaw, 1984). Inadequate results of psychotherapies have necessitated a search for alternative treatments

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However concealing may work one of my friends years ago suffered from ADHD and his parents sent him away to a boarding school that still used corporal punishment. Any way one day he decided that he was going to "Chuck" a tantrum and when he did this the principal let him go till he calm down when he gave him the "Paddle" in accordance with his parents wishes. Surprisingly enough he was cured of his ADHD with out even touching drugs, Which might I add he had been on nearly all his life. So you see there is a cure for ADHD and it is simple, Corporal Punishment.

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So you are advocating corporal punishment as a means to control ADHD? I think that is foolish really, especially when the child has no control over his actions. Let me give you an example… you have to eat each day right? Suppose someone took food away from you, you would start to get very hungry to the point that you will demand food. Now, just pretend that every time you make an attempt to eat food you are given corporal punishment. Would that be fair for something you see as a definite need? It is the same for children with ADHD, they just must move and react, they cannot sit still, giving them some knocks on their butt will not make the 'hunger pangs' go away.

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I think that corporal punishment as a "Cure" for ADHD is ridiculous and barbarian! As a mom of a child with ADHD, if I have to beat him every time he does something I would be beating him ALL DAY, every single day! What about their self-esteem issues? ADHD kids suffer of a very low self esteem and known (When teens) to become suicidal. I don't think beating a child who cannot help himself/herself helps in any way.

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Ok, ok, ok I see you don't get my point, let me try and explain a little. Now say you had an animal (Crude comparison I know so no flaming just using it as an example) that was craving attention (Which both ADD and ADHD are but ADHD they go about getting it through extreme methods) by jumping all over you, sometimes nipping at you every time you saw it. Would you just stand around while it does this or would you punish it?
(Now as Teens I am not dealing with as I know to enforce corporal punishment would be impossible.)
If you find this Barbaric you could also try another method which would be to ignore any of the attention craving Stunts that your child does. And praise the good behavior (So no punishment is involved in this one just plane ignorance).
Though as I said in my first post corporal punishment did cure one of my friends believe it or not he hasn't had drugs now for about 10 years and it never returned.

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The kid with ADHD CANNOT, I repeat CANNOT naturally stop moving and being hyper, I may want to try to use his energy in activities that will allow him to develop his mind as well as his body. I do not have to use the belt or my hand in order to get something I want from him.

Sorry but you are not speaking out of experience, I am. My son has a severe case of ADHD to the point that you DO feel to hit him many times! But at the end is all a matter of patience and a lot of self control. It's daily work and a daily challenge since he testes all my limits. I live in a country right now where most schools accept corporal punishment as a method of discipline with full support of the parents and is the number one reason my son is home schooled.

As a teacher, I have also seen undiagnosed kids with ADHD getting "Licks" (As they call them here) and made things much worst than there were already. When you use corporal punishment on a child you are teaching that aggression and violence are accepted ways to deal with problems.

Yes, a lot of times… most of the time you have to ignore a lot otherwise you will go insane not to mention that by constantly telling your kid he is doing something wrong does not help with his self-esteem but has the opposite effect. I believe children with ADHD should be praised when they do something wrong and they should be held accountable for undesirable behavior, I just do not think corporal punishment is a cure in any possible way.

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Blaider, maybe your friend was misdiagnosed to start with, but either way, under no circumstances would any person have my permission to 'paddle' my children.
Who wants to raise a child who has been beaten into submission, and had their will broken-- certainly not me.
Children with ADHD, don't misbehave for the fun of it, they can't help their actions, and to use corporal punishment against them to 'rid' them of their illness is just plain wrong. I'm sorry I just can't agree to any of that.

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I had a step dad try that with me and my adhd, and it didn't go away. As an adult I still suffer from it and when I hear of people using methods like this it makes me sick. Of course medication hasn't worked for me either.