I like to play indoors better ’cause that’s where all the electrical outlets are.
- A fourth-grader in San Diego
Every child should have mud pies, grasshoppers, water-bugs, tadpoles, frogs and mud-turtles, elderberries, wild strawberries, acorns, chestnuts, trees to climb, brooks to wade in, water-lilies, woodchucks, bats, bees, butterflies, various animals to pet, hayfields, pine-cones, rocks to [...]
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As luck would have it, I came across four different articles on sleep and kids in just a few days. So here you go.
Sleep problems common in children with ADHD
Children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) appear likely to experience sleep problems ….Sleep problems affected 175 (73.3 percent) of the children, with a 28.5 percent prevalence [...]
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Your brain is trying to kill you. Photo courtesy of Nana Aristocat
Add some variety to breakfast. Paleo Breakfast Recipes courtesy of Nikki Young - I haven’t tried any of these, but I think the cucumber “sandwiches” on page 19 look pretty neat. It’s a clever idea.
And speaking of breakfast, it’s not your [...]
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Here’s an interesting article from EurekAlert stating that Overweight mothers run greater risk of having hyperactive children. We’ve discussed ADD/ADHD and possible causative factors here, here, and here (and probably somewhere else). This is yet another possible mechanism.
They haven’t figured out a causal connection yet, whether the child is affected by [...]
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In the same vein as my post on The Drugging of Our Children and the link to Ross Enamait’s post, here is a WebMD article titled Too Much TV Linked to Behavior Problems
Researchers found that children who watched more than two hours of television per day from age 2 1/2 until age 5 1/2 were [...]
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Yesterday, we had a bit of discussion on my post about The Drugging of Our Children. As luck would have it, Ross Enamait posted this article about the dangers of food additives to kids and their connection to hyperactivity and other disruptive behaviors in this post at his blog. I really can’t top [...]
(Photo courtesy of WikiMedia) Here is a long, interesting, and infuriating video by Gary Null titled The Drugging of Our Children. It explores the prevalence of Ritalin for the treatment of Attention Deficit Disorder and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Michael Moore is interviewed in the film, and while I’m not a huge [...]
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