My daughter

Greetings. My name is Kelly, and I am a mother from the State of Michigan.  In this year of 2004 I'm now 39 year's old, and my daughter Suzanne is now 18 year's old.  She is a stunning beauty today, and is over 6'0. 

When my daughter was in the 1st grade in 1994 she was targeted for an ADHD label by her teacher due to what I felt was her inquisitiveness.  Suzanne’s eyes had an electric zeal to them.  She was always curious and would question everything.    It was no shock to me that the school raised complaints regarding her individuality and questioning nature.  At home Suzanne would not only question me, but also then question all my answers.  I truly believe that this is a sign of intellectual ability, and recalled doing the same thing as a kid growing up.  Initially I had understanding for both my daughter and for the teacher raising complaints.  It is my very strong experience that the more intelligent a child is the more difficult they can be to deal with, especially for those that have little training in this area of education.

During this same time period, my husband became seriously ill and later died in late 1996. This unhappy upheaval was cause for a deep sadness in both our lives. 

Suzanne’s teacher complained that she would not sit still and talked too much, and that this bothered the other students in class.  I was ordered by both the school principal and school social worker to schedule an appointment with the school principal's choice of a doctor.  The school principal told me that my daughter needed to be on Ritalin to continue to attend elementary school.  I was provided with the explanation that ADHD was a brain disease, and that only Ritalin could correct this brain disease.  The school told me that children that don't take “medication” for ADHD, when the schools tell them so, end up very disturbed later in life. 

's teacher viewed my daughter's questions as a sign of ignorance.  At this point, I was beginning to view her teacher as weak and ineffective.  When I started questioning the school about ADHD being a brain disorder, the wonderful relationship I had with the school in the beginning started falling apart. 

I must say that I did not buy the ADHD “brain condition” explanation that I was provided with by my daughter’s school.  I also did not buy the schools idea that drugging her would help her.

I offered to come into my daughter's class to observe her and see for myself what her teacher felt was so terribly wrong with her.  They would not let me observe my own child in her classroom setting and this set off a red flag for me.  Why hide a child that has an alleged “brain disorder” if this so called "disease" is real? 

Many events transpired, but the end result with the school was tragic.  Doctor reports stating that my child was not disabled in any way, and even reports from another school stating my daughter was not disabled, were both not enough evidence for the school to back off their coercive push to label my daughter mentally ill (ADHD) and push me to drug her.  Later, even many witness accounts of the schools coercive tactics to wear me down did little to get the school off my back. Though I had suspected early on that things just didn’t add up, the schools coercive tactics to get me to label and drug my daughter confirmed my suspicions and made me come to the realization that this push to label was fraudulent in nature.  Even with my knowledge at that particular time, I had no idea what laid ahead for us and that I would soon encounter some of the most bizarre crimes occurring at this school.  These crimes included the school conducting a police set up on me, and later filing a fraudulent child protective service complaint against me.  At one point, I even walked in on a teacher shaking her doubled up fist in my daughter's face. 

They wanted ADHD labels and drugs for other children also, but I was the only one that said, "NO."  Because of my noncompliance, I was targeted for intimidation tactics by the school to wear me down.  The school did not anticipate that I would never be worn down.  I stood my ground to the end.  During an incident where the police were called in, a police officer told me that the school staff explicitly feared me.  They hated me intensely for not buying into the con and giving in to their demands.  They continued to assert their beliefs on me, to which I questioned every statement. I wanted scientific proof.  They couldn't provide it.  They never provided it.

I started homeschooling my daughter as a result of the continued abuse to her by her school.  The school was unable to provide an education for my daughter; they only could provide labels and drugs.  Starting homeschooling turned my life and my child’s life around for the positive.  Suzanne devoured academics.  I made her study in a Christian curriculum, and side-by-side I advanced her academically. Education has always been a fascinating field to me.  I think learning is exciting and I enjoyed teaching her.  With this positive, optimistic environment, and what we both considered a “bright new start” my daughter thrived.  

A positive outcome that was a direct result of my story being public knowledge was that the State of Michigan changed the charge of filing a false and malicious child protective service complaint from a misdemeanor to a felony. 

My heart and soul goes out to all children to be educated in an environment consisting of adequately trained teachers without the use of mind-altering drugs.  I believe the key to protecting children is their parent’s, and that is accomplished only when parents are informed with facts and truth.  Parents need to question anything that makes them uncomfortable.

I found that when my daughter was academically challenged her behavior and attitude fell nicely into place.  She was being taught as if she was slow in public school, and the outcome there was horrible.  As soon as real and adequate mental stimulation was presented to my daughter, academically and emotionally she flowered and bloomed.  Though she was greatly marked up negatively by her experience in public school, she was also greatly blessed beyond average to be later provided with such an unusual educational experience.

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