I believe a large contributor to lack of focus and ADD-like symptoms in children are video games. I babysat for a neihbor woman a few weeks ago, and her two kids ages 7 (girl) and 9 (boy) completely immersed themselves in some sort of 3-dimensional day-glo world where you fly around and collect game points. I actually had to look away from it since it almost made me nauseated with the bright colors, overload of moving geometric shapes, and computer generated “music”. After a few hours of that, no wonder they can’t concentrate on things like math, spelling, or geography.
Post #88 Ping. That's why you describe is very credible. Sensory overloading.
many people deny their kid has ADHD or ADD because they can focus obsessively on video games
ADHD brains are flooded constantly with stimuli that normal brains can tune out, and focus, so for the afflicted there is no “focusing” on math and spelling.
Corporal punishment? Might as well beat a palsy kid to make him try to walk