Did you go to school in the 70's?
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And also seems like every other kid now has ADHD and is being medicated for it.
There are a few things that cause the medication, but the prevailing factor is that it tends to be in children that aren't having enough energy expended in healthy ways while being cooped up in their seat at school for 8 hours a day, and parents not wanting to deal with it.
Another problem is that it has become an excuse for not learning/harnessing discipline to focus so every time they get distracted, it ends up being "hurr hurr I've got ADHD".
Doctors are also all too willing to get children addicted to medication at an early age because it makes them money for the long term.
Last, but very far from least is the prevalence of information. No, not phones specifically though it is undeniably a factor that exacerbates the issue.
Children, through Reddit, TikTok, YouTube, Twitter, etc. develop an addiction to information from an early age. They're being conditioned to crave the connection to the larger world, to know what's going on, to participate in the current trends, so on.
When you deprive them of this, withdrawal kicks in. They get depressed, moody, feel disconnected, etc.
This is an addiction I would assert that many of us here have and can acknowledge. We feel compelled to check back, we want to know what's going on, we don't want to miss anything, we want to see everything. Many of us who have developed this addiction acquired it during our adolescence or adulthood.
Imagine the brain developmental issues that arise from this sort of addiction from 5, 10 years old.
Absolutely agree about info addiction. I am 94 days SOBER right now and in the first month I couldn't put my phones down. Also there is BIG HABBENINGS all the time and I cover stories /do news music podcast so I substituted news info for my drug/alcohol habits and now make myself take a break - no screen time for a few days - every once in a while
It's good to unplug, but it's ffffucking hard. You end up trying to fill the gap with something else, only most things you can fill that gap with can be "enhanced" via multitasking with information.
For me, as an example, building models often leads me to listening or watching podcasts, shows, or frequent distractions by feeling compelled to see what I've missed. If I can't do that, I really feel it in my mood.
I think it's spurred on by the stress right now, and the unending hope that a positive development happens.
I also take my information dissemination role seriously so I want to ensure I am well informed to bring that information to friends and family ASAP to try and counter narrative formation by the powers that be.
I am in an ADHD kids group on FB. You are completely batted down and berated if you mention any sort of punishment for the kid. One lady traveled across the country to see her family at Christmas, but her FIVE YEAR OLD didn't want to go to the relatives house so she was sitting in the hotel room with him walking around telling her how much he hates her. She was skipping the family events because of her ADHD kid. People praised her for taking good care of him and letting him have his feelings. The people that told her to go anyhow, he can sit in a quiet room if he needs to, they got berated. These kids are growing up with no punishments at all. They can just do whatever they want. Makes me sick, but it's like an car accident, I can't look away.
Should have learned how to discipline the kid sooner. That little MF would have shown with tears in his eyes at his relatives place, because of the corrective action that SHOULD have taken place.
I get sick seeing these “parents” letting their kids have temper tantrums with no corrective action or consequence.
Sometimes you learn by doing things 180° out from what you observe.
ADHD aka too much screen time.
Schools doubled recess time and cured ADHD.
Burn off the energy.
Kids don't want to sit in one place for eight hours.
Right as I was entering 5th grade, they eliminated 1/3 of outdoor recess to "prepare us better" for middle school. I was upset about that. Also the school sent me to phycologists and wanted me medicated because I used to daydream and look out of the window, or I wanted to draw. Elementary school was the most unhappy time of my childhood and that's absolutely fucked up.
I used to daydream too. People were concerned. I was a kid! Let kids be kids! I wasn't drugged though, I grew up in an earlier time.
Not enough dad time.
SSRI's have entered the chat.