If you have a child aged 0 to 6 , talk to them - often, point things out and tell them stories about whatever it is you've seen. Hold their hand and sing as you walk. Stop in the park and play some ball or push a swing. Smile and be interested in whatever they have to tell you.
Please don't shove them in buggy and stay glued to your mobiles all day, tapping away endlessly. I'm shocked at how many children have become the forgotten generation as I watch parents ignore their kids for hours. Is it any wonder that so many children now suffer from ADHD. It brings a tear to my eye when I see it. Love them, they're not children for long.
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SW-User
I was probably an ADHD kid and my parents didn't have cell phones and I think they were wonderful parents.
There is certainly a chemical/brain portion of ADHD. I think anxiety plays a major part and some of it is anxiety.
@SW-User valid points and I must confess I am no expert. From what I have read there is no scientific explanation to the causes however the statistics for diagnosis in the UK have exploded in the last 20 years. Maybe better health care and awareness for diagnosis has contributed? But I do worry about the numbers of parents who openly and overtly have little interest in their children in favour of their phones and the number of children starting school with poor communication skills and challenging behaviour issues.
