When starting school, younger children are more likely to be diagnosed with ADHD

Re:When starting school, younger children are more likely to... by WeAreGoingIn on Thursday November 29, 2018 @05:34PM (#18564781)

There has always been ADHD around. When my normative group were kids, we climbed trees, played Indian and cowboys and had a lot of outdoor fun. There were some kid or two who was more risky or over the edge, but hey, we had fun.

Today, looking back, I would consider some of my childhood friends to have ADHD or some kind of other diagnose.

Yesterday, these ADHD-kids, was not a great deal. There were also a lot of local jobs and other opportunities as well that didn’t demanded a high education.

Now kids don’t play outdoor and it’s easier to single out the ones with ADHD. Further more people have moved to the cities and there is a greater pressure to study. Today it’s hard to find a decent job for a supporter of a family without a good education.

Hence, without a diagnose, these kids would not stand a chance. They need all the help, support and understanding they could get.

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Re:When starting school, younger children are more likely to... by jonhendry18 on Thursday November 29, 2018 @11:18PM (#18566625)

Even in the old days when there were good jobs for people without high school educations, I'm sure the jails were full of people with ADHD. As they probably are today.

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Re:When starting school, younger children are more likely to... by ts1543636885 on Friday November 30, 2018 @11:45PM (#18575219)

Indeed. https://add.org/undiagnosed-adult-adhd-a-high-cost-for-socie...

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