It does seem to be that wayThe current situation in this country seems to that there has to be something or (ideally) someone to blame for anything and everything. If a child's playing up it's ADHD, not that they're misbehaving as you say. And there are no greedy people anymore - only eating disorders and irresponsible advertising. That isn't to say that eating disorders don't exist, far from it; but it feels like the parents in this country expect teachers/doctors/councellors etc. to be responsible for the way their children mature. Before TV and the interweb started bombarding parents with worries about various conditions, they had to make judgments for themselves about how a child should/should not behave, and I think this was done very well. This isn't the case anymore.
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