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Today, he sees a lot of parents who are pretty sure their son or daughter has Attention Deficit Disorder\u2014ADD. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Den: <\/strong>Twenty years ago, I had to tell parents: \u201cHey, I think your child may have ADD.\u201d\u00a0 \u201cCan you write that down?\u00a0 Well, what does that stand for?\u201d\u00a0 Today, they come to me: \u201cI filled out a questionnaire on the internet. I know my child has ADD. He needs medication.\u201d\u00a0 But a lot of the symptoms of ADD are related to a fast lifestyle\u2014insufficient sleep, insufficient nutrition, insufficient exercise\u2014in that order. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>This is <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> for Friday, October 9<sup>th<\/sup>. Our host is the President of FamilyLife<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, Dennis Rainey, and I\u2019m Bob Lepine. We\u2019re going to talk today with a couple of pediatricians about Attention Deficit Disorder and other issues being faced by teens and preteens. Stay tuned. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>1:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd welcome to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. Thanks for joining us. You know, when your kids hit the teen years and you have to take them to the doctor, there are sometimes you just want to leave them and say, \u201cCan I just pick them up in a couple of years?\u201d\u00a0 [Laughter]\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u201cDoc, would you finish this process, please?\u00a0 I mean, seriously.\u201d\u00a0 Well, we have a couple of pediatricians who know what we\u2019re talking about. Dr. Michelle Cretella and Dr. Den Trumbull join us on <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. Dr. Trumbull \/ Dr. Cretella, welcome back to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle: <\/strong>Thank you very much. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Den: <\/strong>Thank you. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>They serve at an organization known as the American College of Pediatricians. Dr. Trumbull, how many years have you been a pediatric doc?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Den: <\/strong>Twenty-eight to thirty, I believe. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>There you go\u2014and Dr. Cretella, we know has been one for fifteen years. She practices in Rhode Island. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI just kind of want to get after a more basic question. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>2:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIt\u2019s kind of what Bob was talking about here\u2014can you explain the teenager\u2019s brain to us?\u00a0 [Laughter]\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Den: <\/strong>No!\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>We\u2019re going to turn that one over to Dr. Cretella. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Well, did you see that Dr. Trumbull pointed to her with both fingers!\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Bob: <\/strong>\u2014and backed away from the microphone. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Exactly. [Laughter]\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Den: <\/strong>She has some teenagers in this\u2014\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle: <\/strong>Yes, I do. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Well, that makes you the real authority, then. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle: <\/strong>Oh. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Is there something going on, physiologically, in the head of a teenager?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle: <\/strong>Yes, absolutely. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>That\u2019s a great question. No, it really is, Bob\u2014thanks for the question. Is there something going on in there?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Bob: <\/strong>Is there anything going on there?\u00a0 [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Den: <\/strong>They would say, \u201cYes.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle: <\/strong>You know, it used to be thought that the brain was complete in its development by age 12\u2014not at all. The most <em>dramatic<\/em> period of growth and development of the brain is taking place <em>between<\/em> 12 and age 25. And what matters most \/ what parents need to take away from this is\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>3:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014between the ages of 12and 25\u2014those are the critical years for our children to develop the brain\u2019s CEO. In other words, if you want to know why kids do not make \/ or teenagers do not make very good risk assessments or decisions, it\u2019s because that decision-making capacity \/ that risk-assessing capacity of the brain, which is in the frontal lobes, is not fully mature until age 25. We know this now\u2014neuroscientists have demonstrated it. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Den: <\/strong>Teens are not small adults. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle: <\/strong>Teens are not. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Den: <\/strong>They are not small adults, and that\u2019s the popular theme\u2014contemporary theme, I might add\u2014that is propagated by the media and even experts\u2014so-called experts. They need parental oversight. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Well, you were explaining to me that a lot of parents look at a 12-year-old\u2014and the 12-year-old is starting to say, \u201cI can do this on my own.\u201d A lot of moms and dads are going: \u201cI guess he can. Okay\u201d; right?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Den: <\/strong>And many are not saying it that respectfully, as you just did. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>4:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle: <\/strong>That\u2019s right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Den: <\/strong>And then, parents become a bit intimidated. They have been told, \u201cThis is a small adult.\u201d\u00a0 So, they back off. And we see that even in the exam rooms in the pediatrician\u2019s office, where confidentiality does not allow the pediatrician to talk to the parent, and actually, does allow for the pediatrician to be alone with the child. The supposition there is that this child is capable of making wise life decisions. No, they <em>need<\/em> the parent. We must not back off at age 12\u2014we must stay engaged. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Let\u2019s go back to the beginning of this thing. Let\u2019s talk about preparing your child for adolescence. You\u2019ve taken advantage of a resource we created, here at FamilyLife, called <em>Passport2Purity<\/em><sup>\u00ae<\/sup>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Den: <\/strong>Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>You believe parents need to be very intentional about preparing their son and daughter\u2014between the ages of 10 and maybe 13\u2014for the issues they are going to face as they finish the process that Dr. Cretella was talking about\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>5:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014the process of growing up and becoming a truly mature adult. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Den: <\/strong>If the only information they are receiving is what they see on TV, on the iPad, on the computer, or from their friends, they are going to be sorely misled. This is where parents need to become engaged\u2014on sexuality and on these sexual issues\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle: <\/strong>Absolutely. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Den: <\/strong>\u2014where they need to be taught the benefit \/ the blessings of abstinence\u2014sexual abstinence\u2014until marriage. It\u2019s not just prohibitions for the sake of prohibitions; but rather, \u201cThis is what\u2019s best for you.\u201d\u00a0 Then, like <em>Passport2Purity<\/em> does, it teaches the parents and the child <em>how<\/em> to resist following the herd \/ how to resist the peer pressure. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>What else do parents need to know about the adolescent years?\u00a0 In fact, let\u2019s just reduce it down to this. If you had a single piece of advice to a mom or a dad, as their preteens are entering in this stage of life, what would be your best coaching tip you\u2019d give them?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>6:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle: <\/strong>What I love is: \u201cLearn how to listen to your child so that your child will talk to you.\u201d\u00a0 If they see that you are truly interested in how they are feeling, and what they are involved in, and their friends\u2014if they see you truly listening to them versus just dictating\u2014\u201cOh, you have to do this, this, and this,\u201d\u2014they will be more likely to open up to you. It will allow you to remain more connected with them. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>You are talking about ongoing relational involvement in the life of a child. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle: <\/strong>Absolutely. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>And Dr. Trumbull, you are an advocate of families having a common meal every day as often as possible because this is a part of that relational connectedness piece; right?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle: <\/strong>That\u2019s right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Den: <\/strong>What I was going to mention is the most important point I would encourage your listeners\u2014is be available. Be available to your teens. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle: <\/strong>Yes, that\u2019s right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Den: <\/strong>Be connected \/ be available. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>7:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOne means to that is the family table. At the American College of Pediatricians, we\u2019ve taken a look at that. We have on our website the research behind the family table. You say: \u201cWell, actually, we\u2019ve got sports. We\u2019ve got school. We\u2019ve got this, that, and the other.\u201d\u00a0 There will be a lot of challenges. You may not be able to accomplish it but three times a week. Do your best to sit down, turn off the digital devices, and have pleasant conversations\u2014it\u2019s not a time to correct your child for misbehaviors during the day\u2014and engage one another in conversation. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHere is another one\u2014everybody stays at the table until everybody finishes. Over time, they come to assume, \u201cWell, gosh, I\u2019ve got to stay here until the end, even though I\u2019ve finished eating,\u201d\u2014and guess what happens?\u00a0 We talk. So, family table\u2014yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>And by the way, again, we\u2019ve got a link on our website, at FamilyLifeToday.com, if folks want to see what you advocate around the family table. This is something you can print out, put on the refrigerator, and say, \u201cThis is what we\u2019re going to start doing in our home.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Yes, and I would encourage listeners to take advantage of that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>8:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWhat I want to do for the remaining part of our time together is\u2014I just want to come across the desk from you two, as a pair of pediatricians, and I want both, Bob and me, to become advocates for parents, asking the questions that you are seeing up close and personal every day through your practice. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br>The first one I\u2019m going to talk about is substance abuse. How can a parent know their child is abusing alcohol \/ drugs?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>How do you even know if they are using\u2014they are playing around \/ they\u2019re experimenting with this?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle: <\/strong>Prevention is always the best. So, staying connected with your kids through the elementary years \/ the middle school years. Knowing your children\u2019s friends is very critical. Have your house be the house where the kids hang out\u2014both prior to high school and even during the high school years. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe symptoms of substance abuse are very similar to depression.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>9:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou may see some emotional swings\u2014withdrawing from their friends \/ withdrawing from the family. Their grades start to drop. Typically, they will withdraw socially; or perhaps, they\u2019ll even\u2014you\u2019ll notice a shift in their friends that: \u201cGosh, I\u2019m not so sure I like who they are hanging out with right now. That\u2019s a big change.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>One of the things we did was we, actually, sought to get to know the families that our teenagers were hanging out with. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle: <\/strong>Absolutely. And I\u2019ll share one short story with you. I had a mother come in\u2014married \/ good Christian family\u2014and her daughter was 14. And while I was examining her through conversation, I learned that she had good friends who were smoking and having sex. She was not, but that is a big red flag because, if your children\u2019s friends are doing these things\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>10:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014they are either doing them themselves already or they are at high-risk for engaging in them. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>I just want to double underline what you just said. By the time we finished raising four teenagers at one time\u2014and six total; alright\u2014I was in absolute awe and very respectful of the power of peer pressure upon\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle: <\/strong>Oh, yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u2014our children. These are children who had been trained, since birth, to know the difference between right and wrong; but in an instant\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle: <\/strong>It\u2019s like a switch\u2014it can flip. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Den: <\/strong>And Dennis, let me tell you what\u2019s intensified it now even more\u2014social media. The peer pressure that comes through social media to do the wrong thing, or to do the cool thing, or the in-thing is <em>enormous<\/em> and very different from what it was 10 years ago \/ 20 years ago. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>I saw, just yesterday, that\u2014I think it is one in five teenagers has taken a picture of a body part and sent it to a friend. This is more and more the norm. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>11:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThis is a whole new world that our kids are growing up in. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle: <\/strong>And I\u2019m glad you brought that up, too, because sexting\u2014taking pictures of private parts and sending them around to be seen\u2014links to pornography and brings us back to the development of the teen brain. The teen brain is going through such rapid development\u2014that when you are exposed to things like pornography \/ like substance use\u2014the brain is actually more easily addicted to these things. In cases of porn and violence\u2014sex and violence \/ visual imagery\u2014because of the teenage development, that brain becomes desensitized. The kids are more likely to engage in those behaviors. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Okay, let\u2019s talk about cell phones, and communication, and little screens. There is the issue of safety\u2014of knowing where your child is \/ of being able to track your child and have GPS systems that let you know where your child is, even if they don\u2019t know that you know. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>12:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAt what point did you give your children a cell phone?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Den: <\/strong>Our rule was: \u201cWhen you\u2019re driving, you need a cell phone for communication.\u201d\u00a0 Now, had we had young children now\u2014boy, that\u2019s a tough question because, unfortunately, there is tremendous peer-pressure, not only to have a cell phone, but a smartphone. That opens up a child\u2019s world to a lot of what is not healthy for the developing brain. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>So, you\u2019ve got them at home, right now, Michelle\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle: <\/strong>I do. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Well, now, wait. Before he gets done with that\u2014so, if you were back in\u2014raising 13, 14, 15\u2014would you give them a smartphone?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Den: <\/strong>No, I wouldn\u2019t\u2014I wouldn\u2019t. A cell phone is all you need for communication. A smartphone is <em>dangerous<\/em> in the hands of a teenager. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle: <\/strong>Our rule is: \u201cWhen you graduate eighth grade, and you\u2019re going to be going into high school\u2014when you start high school, you can have a cell phone \/\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>13:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tbasic cell phone for communication\u2014to text us, or to call us, and to receive our texts, and whatnot.\u201d\u00a0 There\u2019s an additional rule: \u201cAll electronic devices, including cell phones, charge overnight on the kitchen counter. You are not allowed to have your cell phone, laptops, or there is one iPad mini in the house\u2014those do not go to the bedrooms.\u201d The bottom line is: \u201cIt\u2019s for safety\u2014communication for safety,\u201d\u2014that\u2019s the rule in our house, and it is ninth grade and up. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>So, we\u2019re talking\u2014I mean, basic parenting skills here\u2014but we\u2019ve got a couple of pediatricians. What are the sicknesses \/ what are the medical issues that are most present during adolescence?\u00a0 I\u2019m thinking to myself: \u201cIt\u2019s a number of depressed kids, who are 15, 16, 17 years old, suffering depression\/suicidal.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Den: <\/strong>There is another disorder that is increasingly popular, and that\u2019s ADD. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>14:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tTwenty years ago, I had to tell parents: \u201cHey, I think your child may have ADD.\u201d\u00a0 \u201cCan you write that down?\u00a0 What does that stand for?\u201d\u00a0 Today, they come to me: \u201cI filled out a questionnaire on the internet. I know my child has ADD. He needs medication.\u201d Of course, this starts before adolescence. A lot of the symptoms of ADD are related to a fast lifestyle\u2014insufficient sleep, insufficient nutrition, insufficient exercise\u2014in that order. So, that is new \/ that\u2019s different\u2014just that the parents would ask for medication for a child who is inattentive is very different from the way it was 20 years ago. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>So, you\u2019re saying it is over-diagnosed\/over-medicated today?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle: <\/strong>Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Den: <\/strong>Yes. The reason why is the medications work. They work on a sleep-deprived mind, and they work on a true child with ADD; okay?\u00a0 There is a true entity called ADD, but they also help any child be more attentive. That is the challenge, unfortunately. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>15:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNever before have we seen such an explosion of psychotropic medication use as we have in the past five to ten years. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Okay, I\u2019m going to shift us away from some of the emotional diseases and talk about STDs\u2014sexually-transmitted diseases. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle: <\/strong>Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>And I\u2019m going to cut to the chase on this. If you had a daughter, today, who is about to enter adolescence, would you give her the shot that prevents her from getting\u2014what\u2019s it called?\u2014HPV?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Den: <\/strong>I\u2019ll answer that by saying what I say to my patients. With every patient, 15 years and older, I talk about sexual activity. I give them the VIS\u2014the Vaccine Information Sheet\u2014on HPV as full disclosure. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIf that child is sexually-active or prone to sexual activity, based upon their peer group, I do recommend the HPV vaccine; but if that child follows my advice and has a family committed to these convictions and pledges to abstain from sexually activity until marriage, I think it is fine to wait\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>16:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014maybe, never receive it\u2014or a couple of situations where a child might benefit from that is\u2014number one, the husband could bring it into the marriage\u2014HPV, that is\u2014and number two, he or she could have a weak moment at college and contract it. But in general, it\u2019s a choice based upon the parent and the child and how well that parent knows that child. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>This is a real issue, though. These are\u2014some of them\u2014cancer-producing diseases that can take your life. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle: <\/strong>Right. I would, basically, concur with Dr. Trumbull. It\u2019s also my approach to my own children. I talk to families and say: \u201cThere is a big difference here between the Human Papilloma Virus\u2014the HPV\u2014and diphtheria, or mumps, or measles. You\u2019re not going to get the HPV any other way except through sexual activity.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, I tell the families that: \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>17:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u201cThere is no reason for your 12-year-old daughter or son\u201d\u2014it is available to boys too\u2014\u201cThere is no reason they absolutely need this vaccine at age 12; but you may want to consider, down the line,\u201d\u2014as Dr. Trumbull was saying\u2014\u201cThey could have a weak moment or even, if they are perfectly abstinent until marriage, their husband or wife could have fallen in the past and could bring it in that way.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Den: <\/strong>Because it\u2019s not an airborne disease, like Michelle says, you can\u2019t just catch it from being in the same room with a patient. You can customize. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle: <\/strong>Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Den: <\/strong>And the CDC has made this recommendation for <em>all<\/em> of the people in the United States. Many are sexually-active at age 12. Others have pledged to be abstinent until marriage. So, that is why we think, at the College, that you can customize the administration of that to the child and to the family. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Okay, one last hot question here: \u201cWhat do you advise parents who come in and want to give their child birth control pills?\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>18:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle: <\/strong>I explain, up front, to parents that I will not prescribe birth control specifically to prevent pregnancy. I will use it if it is medically indicated for menstrual irregularities or for severe menses pain; but I explain to them that I am here to promote the very best healthful decisions for their child, and that I will do my best to work with them so that their child will choose abstinence until marriage. I am simply drawing my line in the sand that: \u201cI am not going to put you at risk because, if I put you on birth control, I\u2019m giving you the message that sex, as a teenager\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle: <\/strong>\u2014\u201cis safe and healthful; and that\u2019s not true.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>You\u2019re encouraging the hookup culture, at that point. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle: <\/strong>I\u2019m encouraging the hookup culture, but I\u2019m also putting them at greater risk for sexually-transmitted diseases, greater risk for mental illness \/ emotional illness.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>19:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Den: <\/strong>I entirely agree with Michelle. Again, we\u2019re speaking, individually, not necessarily for the College; but\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle: <\/strong>Correct. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Den: <\/strong>\u2014birth control only prevents pregnancy. I mean, that\u2019s definitely a sad outcome from a promiscuous, recreational sex;\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle: <\/strong>Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Den: <\/strong>\u2014but the dangers involved in recreational sex are <em>so<\/em> <em>much<\/em> greater than that\u2014both physically, with infections \/ but emotionally, both for that time and for the future marriage\u2014that I do not want to advocate that and send the wrong message. So, I would entirely agree with Michelle\u2019s position. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Well, I want you both to know that I appreciate your conviction-based practice of medicine and just appreciate you, as pediatricians, and the American College of Pediatricians. I hope that grows. If you know a pediatrician that is looking for a values-based collection of physicians to join with\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>20:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014this is an excellent group to throw your heart into the ring with\u2014and just want to thank you for making the journey from Montgomery, Alabama, and from Rhode Island to be able to be on <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Den: <\/strong>It\u2019s been an honor to be here. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Michelle: <\/strong>It\u2019s been a great privilege. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Well, and I\u2019ve already mentioned that we\u2019ve got a link on our website, at FamilyLifeToday.com. 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