The drug really helps, but I'm afraid of its long-term effects. Dying on Ritalin A teenager's fatal heart attack raises troubling questions about the safety of a drug whose popularity is exploding. The drug should not become the moral equivalent of, or substitute for, better parenting and schools. How a government corrupted by special interests is spawning a generation of medicated preschoolers.
Some psychiatric drugs do help children, but school and family are crucial, too.
A behavioral pediatrician questions the wisdom of medicating our children. I hate it, but my son needs it.