| We all know that ADD or attention deficit disorder is a | | | | Another very common cause of ADD is exposing |
| common disease amongst little children and it can | | | | children to excessive television and video games. |
| affect adults too. However, in order to treat this | | | | Doctors have linked this with poor parenting. It was |
| disease we have to first understand it better. We | | | | practical that kids who were exposed to television as |
| have got to dig deeper into the minds of an ADD | | | | toddlers, wound up with ADD. The symptoms only |
| patient, and find out what makes them so. | | | | begin to show at the age of seven when children |
| First things first, recent observations have shed light | | | | cannot concentrate in school. The reason behind this |
| into the theory making it now fact that more than 70% | | | | discovery is because TV life and video games move |
| of children who suffer from ADD have one or both | | | | at a much more rapid rate than real life. This hardwires |
| parents who have had the disease. This is interesting | | | | the infant's brain into thinking that real life unfolds at the |
| because bad parenting can now be ruled out as a | | | | same rate, and this becomes normal. |
| reason why many kids end up suffering from attention | | | | Television causes a baby's brain to become over |
| deficit hyperactivity disorders. | | | | stimulated causing permanent changes in neural |
| Talking about bad parenting, up to a certain extent, | | | | patterns. It's a fact that from birth until the age of three, |
| trouble at home with a child's parents can be included | | | | infants become conditioned in very unique ways, but |
| as an aggravation for the ADD affected child. Where | | | | when you allow the child to watch TV all day their |
| as good parenting can help calm the child. Keep in mind | | | | neural paths are not created which is very essential |
| though, parenting is no cause of the disease, it can | | | | for the brain. Again this happens between birth and the |
| either help in the cure or it can make things harder. | | | | age of three. Television stunts this neural pathway |
| Moving on, another reason for causing ADD is the diet. | | | | development of a child's brain and ends up with |
| Records of many ADD patients have given enough | | | | defects such as ADD. |
| evidence that a poor diet, lacking some key nutrients | | | | So as you can see the roots of ADD come from |
| such as zinc and amino acids, can actually cause ADD. | | | | several causes and although heredity is a major |
| This without doubt comes as pure logic that these two | | | | cause, it can't be ruled as the main one. All the sources |
| elements are necessary for proper brain and body | | | | of ADD development mentioned above play a role |
| functioning. A recent study on ADD sufferers shows a | | | | together on the level of severity on the affected |
| great improvement when these missing nutrients from | | | | persons. |
| a previous diet is supplied. | | | | |