• BenLeMan@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Back then, nobody diagnosed ADHD, either. My mother was sent away by psychiatrists telling her to get her shit together as a parent.

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      1 month ago

      Depends on what years we are talking. It was absolutely a thing in the mid 80s. Even in a pretty backwards place there was push for the inconvenient kids to try to get on Ritalin. School thought it would be a miracle solution for dealing with kids.