The rate of antidepressants prescribed to young people surged during the pandemic

WHY? Cause parents didn't want to deal with them? Video games didn't work? Guess what kids in my neck of the woods did...novel concept...THEY WENT OUTSIDE and played in the fresh air...went fishing, hunting, walking, bike riding instead of sitting in a house witha damn joystick in their hands. If the neighbors kids had covid they all hung out together...had to quarantine anyway from healthy people.

I believe today's kids are over medicated anyway. My wife sees it all the time with her kids at school. Parents don't want to deal with and actually raise their kids so they say they are too hyper or too withdrawn or whatever instead of sitting down to dinner, actually playing with them, doing homework etc and the doctors give them medication. If I had a cut it got merthiolate otherwise known as devils spit and if I cried they gave me something to cry about...if I hit my head and passed out my mom maybe me tell her how many fingers she was holding up...if I answered correctly I got an ice pack for thirty minutes then kicked right back out the house until the street lights came on. If I ever and I mean ever said I was bored my parents and grandparents found something for me to do. This coddling and being your childs friend and everyone gets a trophy and their way crap is why we are where we are.

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Not surprising to me either. No body want to deal with them.