{"id":2284,"date":"2010-09-30T20:52:30","date_gmt":"2010-09-30T20:52:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=2284"},"modified":"2010-09-30T20:52:30","modified_gmt":"2010-09-30T20:52:30","slug":"hope_for_parents_with_children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=2284","title":{"rendered":"Hope For Parents With Children With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder"},"content":{"rendered":"

This article is based on a story posted at CBN.com<\/a>.  The article states that scientists have found a direct link to show that Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is genetic.  A study shows that:<\/p>\n

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“Children with ADHD are twice as likely to have missing or extra chromosomes, according to the study published Thursday in the medical journal <\/em>The Lancet<\/em><\/a>.”<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The article points out that:<\/p>\n

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“ADHD is one of the most common child mental disorders and is estimated to affect around 3 to 5 percent of children globally.” <\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

So where is the hope?  I personally do not understand the difference between Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) and Attention Deficity Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), but I have some hope for parents of children with ADD.  There is a book entitled, “Driven to Distraction: Recognizing and Coping With Attention Deficit Disorder from Childhood through Adulthood<\/strong>” by Edward M. Hallowell, M. D. and John J. Ratey, M. D.  As someone who is married to a person I consider the poster child for ADD, I love this book.  Both the authors have ADD and the book has a lot of examples of simple things you can do as a person with ADD or the parent of a child with ADD that make life run more smoothly.  The book is available at Amazon.com<\/a>.  I strongly recommend it.  It gave me hope to know that two men with ADD could successfully get through medical school and become doctors.  My husband is a successful computer person.  I would also like to add that one of my daughters has ADD and is a successful electrical engineer.  ADD seems to work differently in girls than boys, but I can say without a doubt that every child I have met with ADD is a bright child.  We just need to learn to help them deal with their uniqueness.  I am currently watching that process with one of my grandchildren.  In my family ADD evidently is genetic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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