Originally Posted by bostontrevor
Just because you have never been directly affected by it doesn't mean it isn't real.
I was a plenty outdoor kid, rode bikes, mowed the lawn, swam, all that nonsense. Still a space cadet.
The prescription movement's a little alarming because it's just another quick-fix solution. I can speak personally that it made me a different person. Not better or worse, just a little different, and that's...confusing as a kid. On top of that, studies have shown that it really works best when combined with therapy, and yet too many parents don't also seek therapy.
Now why is it on the incrcease? Partly it's increased awareness but I suspect there's also a strong environmental correlation.
I agree. I think a lack of physical activity in the population is generally having a dismal effect on society as a whole, one bad apple and all that...
But why is it this way? My mom never wanted me to go outside and play because "girls shouldn't get all hot and sweaty" so I was lethargic, obese, and extremely hyper...it's almost like taking a battery and charging it but not letting any of the energy it gathers go anywhere or be used. It all just builds up until it explodes. Maybe that's why crime's on the rise...it's the only way to get all the excess energy out of the way.