i remember hoping i had some sorta diagnosable disease when i was a kid. i would occasionally ask my parents if i should see a psychiatrist or something…that way they could just give me some pills and *poof* i would be normal. i dunno, maybe everyone goes through that.

This really illustrates how that boundary is being crossed, when moms are “diagnosing” their kids with diseases instead of recognizing their uniqueness and dealing with behavioral issues if needed.

Of course, there are some kids who have legitimate disorders, but at the same time it strikes me as odd that society has functioned (and flourished) for decades without the kind of widespread medication, etc. that we are trained to expect today. My fear is that all we’re doing is grooming our kids (as a society) for mediocrity and valuing conformity above all else.