1KHO 508: They Said He Needed Drugs for Life. He Was Six. | Barbie Rivera, Enough is Enough

The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast

Ginny Yurich

Parenting, Kids & Family

4.9 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 23 June 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

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 labels on young minds, and why play, patience, and presence might be the most important tools we have. It’s a raw, brave, and eye-opening conversation every parent needs to hear. Show Notes: 📖 Barbie’s book: Enough Is Enough 📬 Request free chapters: barbierivera.com (mention “1000 Hours Outside” in the subject line) 💬 Tag us with your thoughts @1000hoursoutside and leave a review if you haven't already! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I made you think you was real.
0:02.0	My name is Caden Sinclair.
0:04.0	Some people call us American royalty.
0:06.0	We were liars.
0:07.0	A new series on Prime Video.
0:09.0	We were happy. We wanted for nothing.
0:12.0	Based on the best-selling novel.
0:15.0	Something terrible happened last summer,
0:17.0	and I have no memory of what or who hurt me.
0:20.0	No one in my family will tell me.
0:22.7	When you're left for dead, you want answers. We Will Liars. New series, watch now, only on Prime
0:29.2	video. Welcome to the 1000 Hours Outside podcast. My name is Ginny Urge. I'm the founder of
0:33.5	1000 Hours Outside and I have just read a phenomenal, phenomenal book. Phenomenal.
0:41.9	And the author says the thing that I think a lot of people think but are not quite willing to say.
0:43.4	Barbie Rivera is here, parent and educator.
0:46.0	The book is called Enough is Enough, Expoising the education system after their failed attempt
0:50.5	to label and drug my son.
0:53.0	Welcome.
0:58.9	Thank you. You are a brave person. Thank you. You know, you never feel brave when you're doing it. Yeah. But thank you. Yeah, but you are. So I read this book and
1:04.8	found it rather shocking, certain parts of it, and also was like, yeah, I think i think i think that you know or that seems like
1:13.4	even you're talking about like how we labeling kids hyper you think that was one of them well they yeah
1:18.4	they're hyper they move a lot like that type of thing you said my parents didn't get matching furniture
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