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Placebos For Kids – What Have We Come To?
By nikkita | May 30, 2008
Obecalp, spelt “placebo” backwards, is a cherry flavored tablet for parents to give their kids when there isn’t really anything wrong. Necessary? Absolutely not. Horrifying? Just read the description.
Hi. Welcome to the Placebo Store. I’m Jen. I am a mommy. It’s what I love. It’s my job to make owies go away. Whether it’s a kiss or a big hug, the magic happens immediately. This is the power of placebo. I have a baby girl and two sons. One of them always needs my comfort and the knowledge that I will make them feel better. I invented Obecalp when I realized that children might need a little more than a kiss to make it go away. Obecalp fills the gap when medicine is not needed but my children need something more to make them feel better. You’ll know when Obecalp is necessary.
You know what? I like kids. I really do. I’m in no hurry to be a parent but I have a general idea of what would or wouldn’t be constructive parenting and an even stronger motherly instinct. Teaching your children that there always is a pill to make everything better is down right disturbing. Ok, I get it. Kids hurt. It hurts to see them hurt. But they need to learn to stand up on their own and take it, because down the road a whole lot more things are going to hurt a whole lot more. I just find it so hypocritical that the same parents administering Obecalp to their children will (hopefully) attempt to gear them away from drug abuse. So…how?? How are you going to explain to them that hey, it may not be such a good idea to mess around with Oxycontin and other prescription or OTC varieties when you’ve already taught them that they could always find comfort in medication. The jobs of parents, guardians, and mentors are to teach independence, not dependence.
Seriously people. What’s happening to us?
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