Because I don’t think a 2 year old should be given Adderall without a parent knowing?
I personally am pretty open minded about these things, I was able to get birth control with my partner when I was 15 without her Catholic parents knowing. That was very important, but I recognize that if we were 10 it maybe becomes a different conversation involving parents.
You might say a parent could be included but you also have cases of divorced parents where one parent is for and another is against and there is a question of if the childs opinions are theirs or their parents. What age should the child be able to make the call? 15? 10? 5?
When one divorced parent gets their toddler prescribed Adderall without the other parent being informed. AAP recommends against it for ages 3 (not 2 but 3) to 5 but it is allowed.
I’m not saying I even have an opinion on this, but I do think if someone said they think 3 is too young to take Adderall I think that doesn’t automatically tell me they are anti medicine or a bad person.
Parental involvement in medical decisions is a completely different topic than medical treatment by age.
The AAP, which STRONGLY recommends against medication has a consensus of medical professionals that medication might be necessary in very specific situations, is the best group of knowledgeable people to make that call. Definitely more qualified than some random person who just looks at numbers and thinks society or politicians would make a better call than medical professionals who use evidence based practices.
I’m not saying I even have an opinion on this, but I do think if someone said they think 3 is too young to take Adderall I think that doesn’t automatically tell me they are anti medicine or a bad person.
That is an opinion, and saying they less qualified to decide on appropriate ages doesn’t mean they are anti-medicine or a bad person unless they try to make laws that keep medical professionals from providing evidence based health care.
Because I don’t think a 2 year old should be given Adderall without a parent knowing?
I personally am pretty open minded about these things, I was able to get birth control with my partner when I was 15 without her Catholic parents knowing. That was very important, but I recognize that if we were 10 it maybe becomes a different conversation involving parents.
You might say a parent could be included but you also have cases of divorced parents where one parent is for and another is against and there is a question of if the childs opinions are theirs or their parents. What age should the child be able to make the call? 15? 10? 5?
What a totally reasonable and not completely fictional scenario that shows you are discussing in good faith.
When one divorced parent gets their toddler prescribed Adderall without the other parent being informed. AAP recommends against it for ages 3 (not 2 but 3) to 5 but it is allowed.
I’m not saying I even have an opinion on this, but I do think if someone said they think 3 is too young to take Adderall I think that doesn’t automatically tell me they are anti medicine or a bad person.
Parental involvement in medical decisions is a completely different topic than medical treatment by age.
The AAP, which STRONGLY recommends against medication has a consensus of medical professionals that medication might be necessary in very specific situations, is the best group of knowledgeable people to make that call. Definitely more qualified than some random person who just looks at numbers and thinks society or politicians would make a better call than medical professionals who use evidence based practices.
That is an opinion, and saying they less qualified to decide on appropriate ages doesn’t mean they are anti-medicine or a bad person unless they try to make laws that keep medical professionals from providing evidence based health care.