[af_vet_rr]

Is it a coincidence, that the rise of these drugs and the number of people being diagnosed with these, has gone up, as recess time and school playgrounds have shrunk?

Maybe it's because I'm old(er), but when I was a kid, we ran our butts off on the playground and while we always had a "rambunctious" or "hyper" kid, they still weren't anywhere close to what's being described these days.

Nowadays, I see school "playgrounds" (I use the term loosely now) that are not much bigger than a couple of basketball courts sitting side-by-side, and I hear about more and more kids being obese (and I see it as well), in addition to the ADHD or whatever stuff.

Maybe I'm looking for coincidences where there are none...

[Graybeard58]

I live across the street from a park, it has all sorts of play ground equipment, a base ball diamond, tennis court and lots of space. It is deserted most of the time.

In another century when I was a kid, I would rather have been anywhere in the summertime than in the house and probably every kid my age felt the same.