I'm sure I've said this many times before, but I think it is so criminal that we have allowed psychiatry and the pharmaceutical industry to hoodwink us, as a society, into believing that bogus disorders exist for which we must drug our children.
Kids have no choice in the matter. What we decide is "for their good," is what goes.
And most parents I've talked to who have their kids on Ritalin think it IS for the kids good.
Its' NOT.
Visit CCHR.org for the very brutal, cold, hard facts.
Once you've gotten the truth, if you need any help to get your kids OFF those drugs, call their hotline at 1-800-869-2247. They will refer you to healthcare professionals who specialize in getting kids off these dangerous drugs, and resolving what is really wrong with them in the first place.
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
Monday, October 09, 2006
Youth President of Youth for Human Rights
I just found a web site of Claire Kevitt who is the 16-year-old Youth President of Youth for Human Rights International.
She's been doing this work for two years, since she was 14 years old.
She has such poise and conviction. A real leader.
Here she is, a photo from a couple of years ago, I believe, speaking with the President of India!
She's been doing this work for two years, since she was 14 years old.
She has such poise and conviction. A real leader.
Here she is, a photo from a couple of years ago, I believe, speaking with the President of India!
Sunday, October 08, 2006
An Amazing Child
There's a story on the Scientology News site that just rocked me.
It's about a 9-year-old girl who insisted on learning how to audit Dianetics, and then used it to help her father when he was in shock.
You have to look at this little girl. Is she not amazing?
She lives in Nigeria, and her dad in the director of the Scientology Mission of Lagos.
Thursday, October 05, 2006
Mother's little helper?
Oslo teens who drank the most sugary soft drinks also had more mental health problems such as hyperactivity and distress, Norwegian researchers reported on Thursday.
Their study of more than 5,000 Norwegian 15- and 16-year-olds showed a clear and direct association between soft drink intake and hyperactivity, and a more complex link with other mental and behavioral disorders.
From Prozac Causes Depression: Try Limiting Sugar Before Using ProzacWednesday, October 04, 2006
Was it the drugs?
The story of the Amish children murdered by a psychopath is devastating.
It reminds me of this posting in one of my favorite blogs: noprozak.blospot.com
I wish I weren't so sure that there were psychiatric drugs behind these murders. Because with the number of prescriptions being written and consumed every day it just points to that many more time bombs walking among us, waiting to walk into the next class room...
It reminds me of this posting in one of my favorite blogs: noprozak.blospot.com
I wish I weren't so sure that there were psychiatric drugs behind these murders. Because with the number of prescriptions being written and consumed every day it just points to that many more time bombs walking among us, waiting to walk into the next class room...
Monday, September 25, 2006
Drug Addiction
As bad as drug addiction is for the addict, it is horrible for their families.
Addicts will often do anything to support their habbits.
One common story you hear from addicts families is how the son or daughter will come for Christmas or for a visit and after they leave they can't find some piece of jewelry or an expensive piece of equipment.
The drug rules their lives.
Here is a story with a happy ending, of a mother who got help from the Scientology Volunteer Ministers Goodwill Tour in Perm, Russia.
Addicts will often do anything to support their habbits.
One common story you hear from addicts families is how the son or daughter will come for Christmas or for a visit and after they leave they can't find some piece of jewelry or an expensive piece of equipment.
The drug rules their lives.
Here is a story with a happy ending, of a mother who got help from the Scientology Volunteer Ministers Goodwill Tour in Perm, Russia.
The day she learned her son André was addicted to drugs was the worst day in Ludmila’s life. And eight years later, she had all but given up on ever being able to help him.
This was her state of mind when she walked into the big yellow tent of the Scientology Volunteer Ministers Trans-Siberian Goodwill Tour in Perm, Russia. And the staff of the Tour had exactly what she needed — effective technology to really help her son. >> continued
Wednesday, September 20, 2006
The Trap of Drugs
Drugs are promoted to our kids at a very young age.
On TV and in films it is shown as the cool thing to do.
Kids are also told that it is really not dangerous and you can always stop if you want to. These are lies that destroy lives.
It is important for all of us to do whatever we can to provide them with the truth about drugs.
The son of a friend of mine is a case in point.
He as a very bright child and quite a good artist. A sculptor.
Shy and quiet, but he seemed quite happy in what he was doing.
He started smoking marijuana and hashish when he was still an adolescent.
By the time he was 16 he was completely withdrawn and had isolated himself from the rest of his family. He and his girlfriend lived together in a tiny room in a low income area.
He injured himself really badly one night when he was sculpting while stoned, severing most of tendons in the wrist area. Fortunately it was his left hand that was damaged and he was right handed.
His girlfriend, who was a very lovely and friendly girl, whose personality seemed to balance his serious nature, became quite desponent herself and attempted suicide a couple of times. And I wish I could give you good news about them, but the two of them just disappeared several years ago.
They packed up one night, without letting their families know, and took off for Colorado.
Their parents have been unable to find them.
Not every kid who takes drugs disappears off the face of the Earth, but so many of them do come to harm, and if they knew what these drugs do before they started at least they would have the freedom to chose what they wanted to do. With only the pro-drug PR they don't have that choice.
The Church of Scientology International has just published an excellent set of anti-drug booklets anyone is welcome to use.
For information visit http://www.notodrugs-yestolife.org/
On TV and in films it is shown as the cool thing to do.
Kids are also told that it is really not dangerous and you can always stop if you want to. These are lies that destroy lives.
It is important for all of us to do whatever we can to provide them with the truth about drugs.
The son of a friend of mine is a case in point.
He as a very bright child and quite a good artist. A sculptor.
Shy and quiet, but he seemed quite happy in what he was doing.
He started smoking marijuana and hashish when he was still an adolescent.
By the time he was 16 he was completely withdrawn and had isolated himself from the rest of his family. He and his girlfriend lived together in a tiny room in a low income area.
He injured himself really badly one night when he was sculpting while stoned, severing most of tendons in the wrist area. Fortunately it was his left hand that was damaged and he was right handed.
His girlfriend, who was a very lovely and friendly girl, whose personality seemed to balance his serious nature, became quite desponent herself and attempted suicide a couple of times. And I wish I could give you good news about them, but the two of them just disappeared several years ago.
They packed up one night, without letting their families know, and took off for Colorado.
Their parents have been unable to find them.
Not every kid who takes drugs disappears off the face of the Earth, but so many of them do come to harm, and if they knew what these drugs do before they started at least they would have the freedom to chose what they wanted to do. With only the pro-drug PR they don't have that choice.
The Church of Scientology International has just published an excellent set of anti-drug booklets anyone is welcome to use.
For information visit http://www.notodrugs-yestolife.org/
Tuesday, September 19, 2006
Scientology Handbook
The Scientology Handbook has a great chapter on children.
It is simple and so practical. Anyone who wants his/her children to do better in life, and wants to get on better with them should read this chapter. And use it!
It is simple and so practical. Anyone who wants his/her children to do better in life, and wants to get on better with them should read this chapter. And use it!
Sunday, September 03, 2006
Volunteer Ministers Saving Marriages
Children suffer the worst when marriages fall apart. But they also suffer terribly from marriages that are filled with conflict and upset but are held together "for the sake of the kids."The only really humane thing is to really salvage the marriage, and that takes effective technology.
The Scientology Handbook contains exactly such technology. You can read about it on the Scientology Volunteer Ministers web site.
Youth for Human Rights
Very exciting news about the Youth for Human Rights World Summit. It was held at the United Nations. Imaging 120 youth delegates from all over the world, coming to New York, meeting with UN and embassy officials, and meeting young people like themselves, equally empassioned about human rights.
An experience of a lifetime, and one destined to make a huge difference on this planet.
The summit was co-sponsored by the Church of Scientology International.
The new Scientology Press Office has a great story on this.