It May Not Be Adhd-what Parents Need To Know Before Putting Their Children On Medications

It is back to school time again and with this many new students are likely to be diagnosed by their local elementary school with ADD and ADHD. By now most people know that these are attention deficit problems, one which is associated with hyper activity and one that's not, that have been sprouting up in considerable numbers over the past decade or so. More and more often these issues are developing and there are in fact a lot of reasons for this.

In general the population is stressed to the max and this isn't only affecting adults but children as well. We generally have less tolerance for others now and we all find ourselves tangled up in knots virtually all the time. There is very little to it besides the stress is seeping through all of us. When you look at the structure of adults it's no wonder that children are feeling the stress too and this stress seems to manifesting itself in children as a lack of ability to focus and in adults in a lack of tolerance for people that will not march in a straight line. At the end of the day is the problem with the educators or with the children, well chances are a little of both but this is just one theory of the issues that are occurring revolving around ADD and ADHD these days.

Boys are more frequently impacted with these issues than girls and as a result it's believed that boys are becoming more aggressive. Some experts like to blame this trend on the increasing number of video games that they're playing and others simply like to attribute this trend to the break down of the family and the growing number of deadbeat and absentee fathers.

Perhaps ADD and ADHD are really just a symptom of our need to have everyone conform and if they don’t that we feel there is something wrong with them. Perhaps it's a symptom of a society that's struggling with issues that go well beyond what used to be considered the normal scope of things.

As school rolls in more and more parents will be told that there is something wrong with their child. Some will medicate their kids immediately; others will rebel against the system. No matter what make sure that you really do your homework before blindly medicating your child for something they might or may not have. Simply because a 4 year old does not want to sit at his desk for hours on end doesn’t mean that there is a problem with him but instead it is the system that really has the problems.

By: Ethan C Kalvin

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