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Podcast: The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast
Episode: 1KHO 508: They Said He Needed Drugs for Life. He Was Six. | Barbie Rivera, Enough is Enough
Description: When Barbie Rivera’s six-year-old son came home from school, she was told he was mentally disabled and would need psychotropic medication for life. But he was just a bright, bilingual little boy who confused his sixes and nines. In this gripping episode, Barbie shares her powerful story—one that exposes the systemic pressure to medicate children, the brokenness of early childhood education, and what happens when we ignore developmental phases in favor of compliance and convenience.
Host Ginny Yurich and Barbie dig into shocking truths about the pharmaceutical industry’s influence in schools, the real impact of lab...