Heartbreaking front page article in todays Wall Street Journal about the financial downturn affecting grandparents raising young children. Front and center was the story of a young girl being raised by her grandmother, who clearly loves her granddaughter. The girl has born addicted to heroin, and has been diagnosed with severe adhd. The grandmother states that she feels like this girl has been exposed to enough drugs and will not be put on medication to help her manage her adhd. As a parent raising a child who was exposed to drugs, I can totally understand her reluctance to medicate her granddaughter. Still, a big part of me wanted to call her up, give her advice, and send her a check to help pay for medical bills. Nobody wins. When the family was financially stable, there was money for frills and luxuries. It's that old bugaboo about medication, raising it's head in a most extreme manner. I posted a few months ago about how I am learning to respect parent's decisions not to medicate their children. The responding posts really helped me to see both sides of the debate--my child has done very well on meds. Obviously, after reading this article, I still have a ways to go. God bless all of the adults trying to do the best they can to provide to children in need.