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[quote=Anonymous]I came online tonight to seek answers for some issues I'm having with my second grader focusing on homework and am AMAZED to have read so many posts that I could have written myself.  I'm sure this question has been asked, and addressed before ad nauseam, but are we just asking too much of our kids??  This was the first place I came, so I know there must be a ton of research out there on ADHD, inattention, anxiety disorders, but are we treating a problem that we are actually causing?  Is it fair to ask our little boys to sit in a room with very little movement for 8 hours then get frustrated when they won't sit still?  Is it right that we get so scared that our child has fallen behind in one area of school when she's doing so well in all others?  I wonder (and I know there are likely stats out there) how many children in alternative programs such as Montessori are diagnosed with ADHD compared to traditional programs.

My heart aches for the frustration, the anger, and the angst all the parents and the children on here feel and I can't help thinking there is something to this, something that should be fundamentally changed in order to help.  National school reform?  Probably, but I'm not that big of a thinker to understand how or what needs to be done.  What I do hate to see those is kids who grow up feeling 'labeled' (through not fault of the parents) when it shouldn't have to be.

An unexpected thought stream from a parent who got the perspective she needed.  Thank YOU!  [/quote]

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