[FourPeas]

this didn't become a problem until the boomers became parents

Whatever you may believe about ADD/ADHD asside, this is wrong. There have been children diagnosed as "hyperactive" for a long, long time. My husband was given stimulants to calm his hyperactivity in the 1960's. His parents are part of the WWII generation. They discliplined; his mom stayed at home; they did not divorce, etc. Neither his brother nor sister exhibited any of the same traits. Although the proliferation of the diagnosis ~may~ be new, the "hyperactive" child certainly isn't.

[LizardQueen]

My grandmother told me that my father had "ants in his pants" in elementary school. Nowadays he probably would've been diagnosed as hyperactive.

Luckily he had a really tolerant teacher who would let him quietly pace in the back of the room during class, as long as he was quiet and didn't disturb the others. She taught, he paced (quietly) but got all his work done, the other kids sat, and he eventually outgrew it.

LQ