Conservative Councillors discussing whether mobile phones are to blame for ADHD diagnoses in "perfectly normal children". Three separate Conservative Councillors questioned whether climate change, gender identity and equality and even pornography were the cause of children's ADHD diagnoses.
"Children not being allowed to fail"... "The loss of the school of hard knocks"... "epidemic of mental malaise"... Some of the reasons given by Conservative Councillors Leslie Kaye and Dave Pinwell...
Councillor David Cole laughing as Councillor Dave Pinwell bemoans "the loss of the school of hard knocks"
Councillor Alison Rolf appeared to have her head in her hands in disbelief as Councillor Kaye spoke next to her.
Thankfully, Councillor Richard Long (Liberal Democrats) and others were on hand to rebut these harmful claims.
Solihull Council Children's Services and Education Scrutiny Board, 18 December 2024.