Excellent article on the sham of modern psychology and education theory.
Jan Healy wrote extensively about screens and the developing brain.
I believe, firmly, that there truly are mental disorders such as ADHD. My sister, for example, has severe attention deficit problems. However, her brain scan is not normal, and she has had a lot of inexplicable problems throughout her education. Medication has helped her to a degree.
I have also known some boys who really truly had a problem. Medication helped them.
HOWEVER, and it is a big huge however, MOST “cases” of ADHD are misdiagnosed by those who stand to make a buck off of the hysteria. The article is right in that the condition is overdiagnosed, even though I disagree that ADHD is basically fictional.
Prescribing ADHD medications for attention span problems in school is basically like saying that anyone who coughs has strep throat and should take antibiotics.
My sister and I were both homeschooled and we both are effective learners (even with lil sis’s disabilities, she is pretty good at learning things, if a bit slower. If she can’t remember something she will look it up again).
I agree with the conclusion that excessive use of electronics and the public school system has caused the behavioral and learning problems that we see today.
And the fact that ADHD is overdiagnosed gives a really bad name to the kids who actually have it. That is what makes me the most angry.
The War on Kids
http://www.tagtele.com/videos/voir/47708/1/