Hey, Parents. What That IPad Is Doing to Your Kid Is Kind of Shocking.by Margaret Rock in Modern Parent
Every parent needs to read this...
The restaurant is overrun with children. Some kids are antsy, others are well-behaved, but a good number of them have one thing in common: their heads are facing down, as they play games on smartphones and tablets.
Oh, and 1-in-10 have ADHD.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in the U.S. alone, over six million children aged 4 to 17 have, at some point, been diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Before 1990, less than 5 percent of school-age kids were thought to have the condition, but data from the CDC reported that, in the two decades since, those numbers more than doubled to 11 percent, making it the most common childhood behavioral disorder.
It has become an epidemic.
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Every parent needs to read this...
The restaurant is overrun with children. Some kids are antsy, others are well-behaved, but a good number of them have one thing in common: their heads are facing down, as they play games on smartphones and tablets.
Oh, and 1-in-10 have ADHD.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in the U.S. alone, over six million children aged 4 to 17 have, at some point, been diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Before 1990, less than 5 percent of school-age kids were thought to have the condition, but data from the CDC reported that, in the two decades since, those numbers more than doubled to 11 percent, making it the most common childhood behavioral disorder.
It has become an epidemic.