I teach Sunday School and have a group of 15 first-graders for two hourseach Sunday morning. Most of the kids are well-behaved, but, like many classroom situations, there are a few who are most difficult to control. My biggest dilemma is that their parents choose not to give the kids their ADD medicines over the weekend -- and their behavior, lack of control and inability to focus on most tasks at hand is evident just about every Sunday morning.

Especially at religious school, I am not interested in any confrontations with parents and want to respect their wishes. I am interested from those Monday through Friday teachers out there, and parents as well, what is the rationale for skipping the medicine over the weekend? Does it really offer any advantages to the child??