Catty1 - you've just more or less made the point I was trying to make...you said you are onb meds for life because of a brain chemistry problem. That's exactly what I was trying to explain. There are meds out there to help any brain chemistry abnormality. What I'm trying to explain is that parents who just shove off their kids with a scuff to the head or face when something is amiss is not going to help those kids. We had neighbors where the mother sat in front of the boob tube all day and watched soaps...guess who'd kids were always getting into trouble at school for lack of parental attention? If the parents don't care enough to put the kids first and foremost then don't have kids...simple.