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From: peter@tmq.UUCP (Life gets very Weird)
Newsgroups: net.kids
Subject: Re: Re: How to discipline short of spanking
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Date: Sat, 12-Jan-85 19:04:44 EST
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I notice that a common thread in this discussion is "Hyperactivity" or
"Not wanting to sleep".  Drugs and chemicals found in the diet of
most children (sugar, caffeine, food dyes, etc.) will cause radical
mood swings and will upset a child's sleeping cycle.
After spending most of my childhood addicted to Twinkies, Coca-cola, etc.
I was considered "Hyperactive" and fed a variety of amphetamines,
tranquilizers, etc. to control it. (Dad was one of those internal medicine 
types who had a strong faith in chemotherapy).
I wonder how different my relationship with the world as a kid would
of been had I not been out of my mind on a rainbow of upper/downers of
various forms.

Anyway, my sister prohibits her children from eating processed foods.
This seems to keep them a lot calmer. They have sweet, tractable dispostions,
free from temper tantrums, screaming fits, etc. She *rarely* has to
spank them, even her 2 and 4 year old boys.

Hitting a kid seems to be a last resort to be used only when there
is a total breakdown in communication with them.
I would say when faced with a problem with your kids, treat the
cause, not the symptom.

P.S: I would appreciate hearing via mail from people who were
hyperactive children on drugs, or who are parents of one
-- 
	Peter Kerrigan -- ..!ihnp4!tmq!peter