Re:ADD is a Child-rearing Culture Problem
by zaphar on Sunday November 21, 2010 @06:04PM
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This is anecdotal as well, but oh well here goes.
I have 5 kids. Yes you heard that right 5. They are aged 13, 11, 10, 8, and 6. They are all different with different personalities and different likes/dislikes.
When I go to a restaurant I get compliments on their behavior regularly. Out of all of them I can pinpoint very specific examples of how our discipline has taught them to be well behaved. I have some that I have no doubt could have been diagnosed as ADD. However without the help of drugs I have successfully taught all of them to control themselves.
I know that some of my children have more difficulty than the others sitting still or concentrating from observation. I've seen the evidence myself. However I have seen no evidence that it can't be controlled entirely through parental love, understanding, involvement and discipline.
Anecdotal? absolutely. However, it's not necessarily incorrect either.
I have 5 kids. Yes you heard that right 5. They are aged 13, 11, 10, 8, and 6. They are all different with different personalities and different likes/dislikes.
When I go to a restaurant I get compliments on their behavior regularly. Out of all of them I can pinpoint very specific examples of how our discipline has taught them to be well behaved. I have some that I have no doubt could have been diagnosed as ADD. However without the help of drugs I have successfully taught all of them to control themselves.
I know that some of my children have more difficulty than the others sitting still or concentrating from observation. I've seen the evidence myself. However I have seen no evidence that it can't be controlled entirely through parental love, understanding, involvement and discipline.
Anecdotal? absolutely. However, it's not necessarily incorrect either.