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...family. Our son was one month away from his fifth birthday when we realized we needed help. He incinerated food in the microwave, turned off the hot-water heater and opened the water-release valve, forced several steak knives through a wooden fence and finally bloodied a pet. Does this sound like an unsupervised child? I am home full time with him, and vigilance was the key word. Even with all the unanswered questions and skepticism surrounding this disorder, our son has done extraordinarily well since taking Ritalin. JANET TAYLOR Pismo Beach, Calif...
...During a 1997 Romantic Times Convention in Baton Rouge, La., as hundreds of lady authors, would-be authors and romance-novel lovers milled about, Lady Barrow (she bought herself an English title) regally strolled the floor, greeting fans eager not just to meet her but also to pat the pet chicken that often perched on her shoulder. Truly, she swoons all the way to the bank...
Given the explosion in ADHD diagnoses and Ritalin use over the past decade, the disorder is surprisingly ill defined. No one is sure that it's a neurochemical imbalance that can be corrected with medicine, much the way daily insulin shots help diabetics. There is no blood test, no PET scan, no physical exam that can determine who has it and who does not. For many children, Ritalin is the answer simply because it works. "It's a fixed, stable, low-dose drug," says Dr. Philip Berent, consulting psychiatrist at the Arlington Center for Attention Deficit Disorder in Arlington Heights...
Like Giselle, Ryan's 13-year-old sister Danni has created guidelines for her own spending. Calling herself "a squirrel," Danni won't touch the $1,700 she has earned baby-sitting and pet-sitting until she's crazy about something...like the $140 Doc Martens she wanted last Christmas. They were cool, but Danni felt they cost too much. Lucky for her, her mother and grandmother split the cost...
...Boston Pet Expo is calling allanimal-lovers. (No, that doesn't mean bestialperverts.) A smorgasbord of dogs, fish, reptiles,ponies and predatory birds are up for sale, aswell as treats and toys for pets at home. 11a.m. to 7 p.m., also Sunday, Nov. 22 at 11 a.m.-6p.m., Bayside Expo Center. Tickets...