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When I was visiting Pre-schools for my son to enter at 18 months I asked them how they handle discipline and behavior. They said that sometimes they have a clas
by rdlecler1 7y ago
When I was visiting Pre-schools for my son to enter at 18 months I asked them how they handle discipline and behavior. They said that sometimes they have a class which is mostly boys and it’s quite chaotic. If the class is mostly girls it’s much more calm. That’s at 18-30 months.
- wtdata 7y agoYes, and they are increasingly diagnosing those children with ADHD and putting them under drugs to control them (roughly 60% of diagnosed children with ADHD are under medication, 84% of them are boys): https://adhd-institute.com/burden-of-adhd/epidemiology/gender/ https://adhd-institute.com/burden-of-adhd/epidemiology/gende...
- criddell 7y agoHave the outcomes been studied? Are those kids better off with the medication?
- asark 7y agoI'm worried about this outcome for my 4-year-old. He needs several hours a day to run himself tired or he acts like a crazy person. I don't think that means he is a crazy person, or has ADHD, or whatever. I think it just means he needs to run himself tired for several hours a day. Hell, I'd probably be saner and healthier if I did the same. Meanwhile the kindergarten he'll attend has cut recess to once per day, something like 20-25min, and if they do indoor "recess" due to weather they often just watch a movie. Even if he cools off some by the time he goes, he's gonna need like 4x that much running around outside or in a gym per day, minimum, to not end up medicated or constantly in trouble.