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That's some daft baiting Weston. For all SoG's faults, if any posters revel I'm the death and destruction of Palestinians, it's not him.

It should. Some on here would probably argue that Hamas got what they deserve. We all agree that Israeli's didn't deserve what happened to them that day on October, and most of us seem to agree that innocent Palestinians didn't deserve what's happened to them and their land since.

Very good 😊 😂

Yep. Lordshill had all of that and more once upon a time. Now it's Sainsbury's only, plus a Starbucks. I hate to think how it'll be in 10 years from now.

Yep, it's a huge issue. So much so that they won't assess for SEN, leaving parents to appeal, then when they lose the appeal, they won't issue a plan, then they lose the next appeal and face a further appeal over educational placement. The tribunal system is now overloaded as a consequence, and make decisions that the LA can't afford. It's a real mess, but fundamentally, we must do right by these kids and meet their needs.

Yep. We use the knife, seasoning, oil, air fryer, method. Paprika is king.

What do you mean by the cause? Depression is a chemical illness, not to be confused with low mood caused by environment. The underlying issue is vastly different for each. ADHD and autism does not have the underlying issue of immaturity or poor behaviour. It has the underlying issue is ADHD or autism which presents in many ways including immaturity or poor behaviour as a consequence of the condition. ADHD is rarely treated with a pill. Autism ditto. Understanding its presence and addressing it is vital for these kids though.

That's my achilles heel. All thought of how shit it may be goes out of the window when I smell bacon!!

That's the way to go if you can get it. We don't have that option sadly. I looked at the ingredients list on some frozen chips the other day and couldn't believe what I was seeing. Something like a dozen items when all you need is spuds and oil. It's mental what they're passing off as food.

It's massive. Part of my work looks at how kids are doing in school, and working with people from an educational and also a health specialism. Lock down has caused untold damage, and part of the remedy is to diagnose kids asap. For me, that's a huge benefit to these kids, and one reason why we're seeing more diagnoses. I agree that SM and gaming are huge societal issues, causing all sorts of unrealistic world views and expectations, as well as isolation and an inability to socialise and integrate. Whether that is a causative factor in MH and neuro divergence I don't know, but it certainly doesn't help these kids.

Yep. Bread is a nightmare. If we buy it, it's crosta and mollica wraps with just the normal/basic bread ingredients, Jason bread, or part baked rolls as they have minimal ingredients. The rest are packed with chemicals and unknown crap.

On the first highlighted part, if the underlying issue is depression, then anti depressants are an appropriate solution. I think you're confusing sadness/low mood with clinical depression. On the second highlighted part, none of us know what is genuine or not. As to the remainder, you seem to disagree that identifying and addressing issues is a negative. Gloucester put it well above.

I don't disagree on the big pharma/ business point, and I'm with Turkish on the cycle of ultra processed food making people ill, and medication fixing them up points. However, I don't see the link between psychiatrists and psychologists diagnosing MH and neuro divergence issues, and the pharma business. It's a sad reality that more youngsters are suffering with these issues (the lock downs have played a huge part). Devils advocate questions - is it a good or bad thing that medics are picking up, diagnosing, and addressing these issues in youngsters? Or are you suggesting that medics are mis diagnosing to keep the pharma business going?

There would be some kind of test. It's academic anyway as fortunately we're more civilised than to reintroduce a death penalty.

Quite. I can't quite imagine the judiciary sitting there, calculator in hand, making a live or die decision.