Science Games

Even though the school has no medical degree and can be sued for giving medical treatments and advice without a medicinal/science degree?

And also know that the scientist creator admitted many are misdiagnosed.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=441304in_page_id=1770

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/10/health/10psyche.html?emex=1178942400en=0a108e3c1451fe32ei=5087%0A

I figure if kids can sit and play video games and watch TV and still remember what is going on through the half-hour to many hours at a time without being distracted or anything, than they do not have ADD.

What would you do if your child was told to be put on ADD, or some other medication, being told he has a learning disorder by teacher who is medically unqualified in this field of science?
No, I am not saying they are subscribing. But look at how many children are suggested to be put on pills by the schools, instead of telling the child to settle down and pay attention, it is easier to put them on pills and keep them from being active, happy children. Read the articles I posted about how doctors resort to pills and how corporations are in on it too.

My son is depressed and having a hard time making friends at his new school. I feel horrible for him and don’t know what to do.

He is an amazing kid. Really. He is very well behaved, loving and a complete joy to be around. He is very smart and is an excellent student. Other adults love him and people tell me all the time what an amazing kid he is. I feel he is truly a blessing. Problem seems to be the other kids all call him a nerd. He says they all tell him he is a loser and the teachers pet. He says he has no friends at his new school at all and is all alone at lunch / recess. He comes home from school crying frequently. He is very emotional / sweet for a boy which I think is also a part of the problem. But he was soo happy as a small child…sighs.

He IS different. He prefers to hang out at the library and read science books after school rather than playing games with the neighborhood kids, watching tv etc.. When he does watch tv he watches the History and Discovery channel rather than cartoons. I have tried getting him involved in activities outside of school. He gets picked on by those kids as well and then doesn’t want to go anymore. never fails no matter what I try. Karate, basketball, boy scouts etc.

Unfortunately he has been through a lot as has the rest of my family over the last few years. He has had to change schools 3 times in the last 3 years. Very hard for him. Twice due to moves and once due to his school actually closing after he had been there one school year. I had another baby 18 months ago, followed by a long stay in the hospital due to getting a staff infection after my c section which scared him. Shortly after that my mom, who he was very close to, was diagnosed with Leukemia. She passed away 6 months later and this has been VERY hard for him to go through. He has a hard time sleeping sometimes. He is insanely jealous of his sister, was an only child for 7 years, and thinks that we love her more. We make special days with him on the weekends just him and I or he and my husband. We alternate. We all sit down to eat dinner together each night and ask him about his day etc. We set aside time to help with his home work, we play with him / read with him after the baby goes to sleep. Apparently though we are not doing enough as he still feels this way. He went to counseling for a while after my mothers death. I wanted him to have someone to talk to about everything that was objective. The counselor said after a pre set number of sessions that he had made a lot of progress and he thought he would be okay. I don’t think he is.

Where do I go from here? How can I help him make friends? Should I get him back in counseling? How do I turn this around? Will time heal a lot of this? Anyone else been in a similar situation?

Here’s the deal. I nanny for three children, a girl age 3, a boy age 6 and another boy age 9. The little girl loves anything and everything, so she wouldn’t be a challenge BUT, the boys…

Every gift I have ever gotten them has gone without so much as a thank you, unless their parents make them say it. They always toss it aside and say its stupid or whatever. Their parents buy them pretty nice presents– they have tons of money, they are both doctors. But as their nanny, I have very little money! And I put a lot of thought into their gifts, getting them things I’ve thought they’d like… apparently not?

In the past, I have gotten them: Spider man action figure, science experiment set, book all about cars, mind games, stuff like that. I have a limited budget, but I do try.

Now, for Christmas, I don’t know what to do. I cringe at the thought of spending money buying three gifts when I know that two of them will get tossed aside as nothing. What should I do? Any creative suggestions of gifts of gestures for hopefully $10 or less?

Also, for the parents, I was able to miraculously get all three kids and the two cats to sit for a nice picture in front of their Christmas tree and I will frame that for the parents, maybe along with some other cute pics I have of the three of them.

Any advice would be great!
ETA: For their birthdays, I have always gotten them things worth more than $10, but I try to find sales where I can get things that I think are nice without spending more than I can afford.