To: Blzbba
Yeah, you might have to spend $150 or so on this experiment, but you'll easily determine if your child is either ADD-impaired or just bored.
Of course, sometimes this is already the problem. The electronic stimulation of the brain with video games is almost like a drug....and withdrawal sure seems to create ADD/ADHD symptoms.
Yes, I know...totally anecdotal and unscientific. However, I can definitely tell the difference in my son's behavior if he's spent all week at Grandma's watching TV and playing video games - he's like a giant crack baby. After a few days being weaned off of the electronic overdose, he reverts back to being a reasonable well-behaved child.
53 posted on
08/27/2004 12:00:38 PM PDT by
beezdotcom
(I'm usually either right or wrong...)
To: beezdotcom
"totally anecdotal and unscientific"
You mean, like ADD/ADHD? :)
Again, I only suggest using this to determine if a child can pay attention for an hour or so to a specific, definite task. If so, then he/she doesn't have ADD/ADHD.
Of course, I don't actually believe in ADD/ADHD anyways, but think it's a nice profitable way for the pharms to make money off drugging our children using gov't schools to get an 'in'.
It's also a nice convenient excuse for many parents to simply avoid disciplining and parenting their children.
Little Billy acts up? Don't punish/discipline! Just pop some pills! Better living thru Chemistry!
103 posted on
08/27/2004 12:22:11 PM PDT by
Blzbba
(John F'in Kerry - Dawn of a New Error.)
To: beezdotcom
. The electronic stimulation of the brain with video games is almost like a drug....and withdrawal sure seems to create ADD/ADHD symptoms. I ABSOLUTELY agree. My son started having problems when he played video games. My sons teacher noticed within 3-4 weeks he started "zombie-ing out", the same time he was playing computer games and watching a lot of cartoon network.
This summer we stopped all games and restricted TV. He is doing much, much better.
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