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In this article from Today, researchers send out questionnaires to 26,000 mothers in an attempt to better understand parenting behavior. They found the following answers:

– 45% of moms would rather weigh 15 pounds less than add 15 points to their child’s IQ.

– 42% of moms would prefer a 50% raise at work than spend 50% more time with their kids.

– 23% of moms would choose a different spouse to raise a family with.

– 1 in 5 moms medicate their child with Benadryl or Tylenol before a long car or flight.

I think these statistics show us that children really are not always the problem. Parents just often want to think of themselves before their children, and often will not admit that. The need to medicate children just to cope really shows that there are very deep underlying issues involved in the practice of medicating children for the right reasons. The topic of losing weight instead of raising your child’s IQ is really a sad reality, since working out can easily cause any mother lose weight. These mothers just seem lazy, self centered and have their priorities mixed up. In regards to these statistics and the documentary about medicating children, I think there needs to be less of a focus on the problems caused by children, and more of a focus on dealing with parenting. Medication should never be the quick fix that it’s being used as. Tylenol and Benadryl might not cause that much harm, as opposed to anti-depressants, but they are being used as sedatives instead of their intended purpose. If a parent does not want to spend time with their children, and deal with the hardships of raising an active kid, they should seek therapy or an alternative to these medications.