Hard Questions – Dr. Teacher? Are You Letting Your Children Become Victims of the Medication Culture?

 

Photo by Sponge from Wikimedia Commons.

Here is an editorial I wrote just recently relating to a documentary (link included) on the use of mind altering drugs for school children.  It is not uncommon for teachers and school authorities to demand that parents of rambunctious or “troubled” kids put them on psychotropic medications or risk having them moved to “special needs” schools.  By labeling (ADD, ADHD, depressed, etc.) and drugging the kids they make lifelong “customers” for the pharmaceutical companies, gain government aid and allow stressed teachers to “enjoy” less work in having to deal with the normal individual needs of children.

The documentary also deals with the very dangerous anti-depressants that are being prescribed to kids and young people, some of which can have very serious “side effects”, including death, manic behavior and psychosis.

The main point is that if you are a Christian parent you have a responsibility before God for what you do to your children and what you allow others to do to them.  Matthew 18:5-6  And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me. But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.

Are any of your kids on these medications?  Has your public (or private) school told you your child “needs” to be on Ritalin, etc.?  Are you drugging your child as an “easy out” to avoid proper discipline and instruction, dealing with relationship issues in your home, spending more time with your child, or providing a more nourishing and healthful diet?

Also, if you have experienced this and don’t know what to do, please know that you and your child do not need to be a victim.  You do not have to stay in the box you’ve been drawn into by the public education system.  Home schooling is still legal in the U.S. and in some other countries where these things are going on.  Please – for your child’s sake, and to fulfill your God-given responsibility as a parent – consider home schooling.  Seek out those who can help you.  There is a huge wealth of information and help available now for people wanting to homeschool their children.

Dr. Teacher? Are You Letting Your Children Become Victims of the Medication Culture?

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For further reading along these lines, please see Reasons for Homeschooling.

Samuel – Disappointment In Man

 

We are all disappointed from time to time by people.  It’s impossible to live in this imperfect world and avoid this.  Here is a study on the experiences of Samuel with Saul and David to encourage you to look for that better thing that God has for you when disappointment comes.

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1Samuel 10:1 Then Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, and kissed him, and said,Is it not because the LORD hath anointed thee to be captain over his inheritance?

Samuel anointed Saul to be king over Israel at the commandment of the Lord. God had chosen Saul from among all the men of Israel for a most important job - leading His people militarily and governmentally. Samuel had every reason to expect Saul to turn out well. He was chosen by God, not elected by the people.

1Samuel 10:6 And the Spirit of the LORD will come upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy with them, and shalt be turned into another man. 7 And let it be, when these signs are come unto thee, that thou do as occasion serve thee; for God is with thee. Samuel had prophesied that the Spirit of the LORD would come upon Saul and that he would be changed to another man, and it had been fulfilled…

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Sew Happy Saturday – A Couple of Cute Potholder Tutorials

 

I think these potholders are both really cute.  I like the heart one better, but it crossed my mind that it might be made into a strawberry to go in my kitchen. :-)  Hmmm…

Round Potholder Tutorial

Heart Potholder Tutorial

Creatures Great and Small – “Feathers”

 

Random Acts of Blogging – A Few Items to Encourage and Inspire

 

(As usual – disclaimer on some content on these links and probably many of the ads.)

The King James Bible is still the most read Bible in the U.S. – even after years of being told we “need a better translation” and having new “Bibles” vigorously promoted to us.

Temar Boggs tells how he and his friend followed a kidnapper until he got nervous and released the little girl he had taken.

Pet owners rejoice, your pet can benefit your health. :-)

Amazing alpine snow art in France started out as one man’s exercise program and grew into an amazing art form.

Tulip time in Anna Paulowna, the Netherlands. (The first page is better than the second.)  Great inspiration for quilting!

And, a photo from my own collection:

Monarda citridora – Lemon Bee Balm (also called Horsemint).

Hard Questions – Is Aging A Curse or A Privilege?

 

Daniel 7:9 I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire.

We live in a world that idolizes youth.  There are multitudes of “wonder cures” for aging.  From Japan with their teen idols, to Cameroon where the old men dye their hair to look young, to the US where great quantities of health foods and herbs are eaten to preserve youth, the world is obsessed with not aging.  Many of the more well-to-do (and vain) even pay considerable amounts of money to have their skin and bodies altered so that they will appear younger than they are.  Age is generally no longer honored or appreciated.

This is interesting because it is in direct contrast to what scripture tells us.  God’s word tells us:

That age should be honored - Leviticus 19:32  Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD.

The aged are a source of wisdom – All of Proverbs
Psalms 78:1-4  Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth.  I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old: Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us. We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done.
Titus 2:3-5  The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;  That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,  To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.

It is a blessing to have children and aged in our streets - Zechariah 8:4-5  Thus saith the LORD of hosts; There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and every man with his staff in his hand for very age.  And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof.

That the elders sat in the gates of cities in Old Testament times and made judgments  - Joshua 20:4  And when he that doth flee unto one of those cities shall stand at the entering of the gate of the city, and shall declare his cause in the ears of the elders of that city, they shall take him into the city unto them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them.  And other similar verses.

That the elders should be teachers and overseers in the New Testament church - 
1 Peter 5:1-3  The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed: Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;  Neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being ensamples to the flock.

That white hair is a glory for those who walk righteously - Proverbs 16:31  The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.

Here are few items for further consideration:

Never Grow Old? – This is an article I wrote awhile back about the idea that we are never promised eternal youth, but rather eternal life.  Perhaps we will continue to age after this life, but in a way that does not involve any decay, as it does not for our Lord Jesus.

Not Growing Old – A poem thinking on the idea that though our flesh ages, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.  2Corinthians 4:16 For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet theinward man is renewed day by day.  This poem compliments the above article in a curious sort of way because it underscores the fact that there is a part of us that does not decay, though it does obviously grow older.

Jesus Loves Me for Those Over 40

Creatures Great and Small – Bumbling, Bumblebee