good stuff nickel....ive always wondered about that very thing...i usually end up "sweating" out a fever, via mucho physical stuff....dispell this "wives tale" for us, would ya satch?

Doc B...

It just seemed like there for a while:

parent says "Man, I can't control this kid... he must have ADD because I do not want to discipline him."

naw....a little....mm...tacky ....for a proffesional, that is.....imho sir

Doc B...

I'm no good with catchy titles, and I dont have kids, so I cant really contribute anything...

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Doc, if theres one thing I have learned with my advent upon the net, its that text sucks where conveyance of meaning and intent is concerned. So, with that said, I am not accusing you of anything malicious.

That said however, there are things with writing a book that "Must be done" "Cannot be done" and "Should be done"

1st, you cannot assume that a myth exists, just because it happens to be a popular view where you live, or in the circles you travel. It may seem as if I am concentrating on this one point because we happened to disagree on it but thats not the case. It just happens to be the only commonality that we CAN discuss since I am not a doctor and have a son who had this problem.

2nd, you cannot say that something "is not", then give an example of "what is" that corroborates "what I said", that is in "opposite of your claim".. Most especially when your MAIN point was something only marginally related.. In this case, the myth about high fevers "CAUSE" sezures... Even I know that this is not the case. Especially since, as I stated, its NOT a myth in my experiences.

3rd, you must take it upon yourself to NOT assume that because its clear to you, that the topic is resolved with your simply stating "There is no such thing as...." You book is destined to failure with that thinking.

What are you thanking anyone for? This wasn't an attack on you, or anyone. It was a simple observation and comment concerning my point of view on the subject. If I were attacking you, there would have been much less facts, and much more heart felt vulgarity since you repeatedly told me the same thing when all along, your goal was totally unrelated to our debate.

In the end, I DID understand you but as I said, you took way to long in centering your words on that point and you simply cannot do that with a book.. PERIOD!

Now, as for the topic at hand..

IF you could dispel two myths I would forever be thankful to you. I do not overstate the fact that I feel that with one simple book that you will revolutionize the worlds views on them but if you could mention them and drive the subject home with your POWERFUL words, I would be in your debt.

1) The myth that a baby has to have something in its mouth to suck on at all times. The myth that a pacifier is a good thing is horrible. It causes physical and psychological damage that extends far into adulthood in some rare cases. At the very least it can cause damage that extends into school age children.

2) The myth that hyper-active children need medication to assist in their learning abilities. Children in very few cases need any medication what so ever for "Learning". In many cases, children on these drugs, transform from simply hyper children to violent ones. Especially as the meds grow less effective and the strength of the drug is increased to compensate.

Now, thats about all I will say on the 2 topics. You may chose to ignore them but please try NOT to discount them in this thread. They are real concerns and as such are not open for debating. I would rather that the book not comment on them than have them actively discounted as irrelevant.

Thanx.

Yeah, I thought of that as well, but I am leaning more toward... Spartan support over my observations. Since in light of he did actually support.

*shrugs*

Anyway, it will all come out in the wash.

So true.