Please don't gut comments like this—it's not fair to the users who replied, nor to readers who can no longer follow the thread.

I realize that internet discussions can be annoying and everyone goes on tilt sometimes, but you broke the site guidelines quite badly in this thread (as did others). If it were a one-off, I wouldn't mention this, but you've broken the guidelines in other places too—for example https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41415931. We have to ban accounts that attack other users—let alone attacking kids who are sharing their work on the site. That was extremely nasty of you. Please don't do that again.

Your comments are mostly just fine and I don't want to ban you, so if you'd If you'd please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and stick to the rules from now on, we'd appreciate it.

Let’s assume you’re right and it definitely “leads to A boost in all of the neuro pathways that are physiologically underdeveloped”. Can we think about the other side effects of amphetamine on a child? Nevermind sleep, malnutrition, overstimulating nervous system, cardiovascular damage (from nih, please search). You are physically and permanently changing your child's brain chemistry, or “who they are”. I’m not saying this should never ever be done, but it should be considered a very extreme and desperate solution.