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Originally posted by RougeUnderoos+Apr 27 2005, 08:47 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (RougeUnderoos @ Apr 27 2005, 08:47 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Looger@Apr 27 2005, 01:46 PM
i htink, quite honestly, that the complexity of the human brain and the variations in it person-to-person leave a lot of room for deviations from 'average' and therefore nearly every personality trait is a deficiency of this or a a plurality of that.
when i was young, ADD kids were described as being hyper or 'a handful'. they were given outlets.
now they're given drugs.
oh, brave new world!
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It's not quite that simple.
It's not like parents are keeping their children cooped up in the cellar and they run wild only when let out into daylight. They get outlets.
You can give some ADD kids every outlet in the world but when the outlets are exhausted and the kid has expended a megaton of energy, they still won't be able to focus. [/b][/quote]
It might not be that simple, but it also might not be that complicated.
Kids used to go outside and play with other kids, I know, I used to be one of them. These days I look at my little brothers (11, 13) and realize that 95% of their 'spare' time goes to videogames/television. I think they only go outside to skateboard or when they're forced.
Some kids are probably just mentally bored/physically unchallenged, and a bad result is invetible. Throw in the fact that one parent 'used' to stay at home, and now the 'normal' family has a much greater chance of both parents working, which hightens emphasis on television as an 'activity' to keep the children 'occupied'.
Keeping children 'occupied' and safe appears to trump stimulated and educated these days.