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Posted by Dr. Dave Walsh • February 27 • No Comments
My son comes home from school and can play video games for hours yet has a really difficult time focusing at school. What is going on here?
Marta, Missouri
This is certainly a problem that is bewildering parents everywhere. Whether it is texting, gaming, or spending time on Facebook, young people seem...
More...Posted by Dr. Dave Walsh • February 23 • No Comments
What's going on with children and attention in the digital age? Video games, texts, whirling toys, and non-stop entertainment have made it hard to strengthen children's focused attention systems. Here are some suggestions:
Posted by Dr. Dave Walsh • August 8, 2011 • No Comments
You mentioned in your new book , Smart Parenting, Smarter Kids, that kids with ADD or ADHD have a problem shifting their attention, or maintaining their attention. Does that imply that an ability to focus on one task can still be called ADD or ADHD? Would that include attention given to video games and screens in general?
Hend, Cairo,...
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