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

Re:When starting school, younger children are more likely to... by max76 on Thursday November 29, 2018 @09:45PM (#18566188)

> Many of the same kids would be just fine if their day consisted primarily of free play, especially outdoors.

There needs to be a balance between free play and structured learning, where the youngest students spend more time in free play than older students. The primary function of school is learning, and learning is often very structured time. Children need to be able to handle that type of environment.

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Re:When starting school, younger children are more likely to... by dorchadas on Thursday November 29, 2018 @10:33PM (#18566423)

I think the issue that GP is having is that we often expect this of them too young. We expect them to come in and be quiet and sit in focus at an age when they're bursting with pent-up energy, and then diagnose the worst of them as ADHD and give them a pill. Yes, we need to teach them to handle that type of environment, as that's (sadly) how the rest of their lives will be...But I think we need to do it a lot more gradually, or even a bit later, than we currently do.

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Re:When starting school, younger children are more likely to... by rndgermandude on Friday November 30, 2018 @06:02AM (#18568212)

>Children need to be able to handle that type of environment.

Why?

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