Children with ADHD, by definition, are easily distracted and more prone to injuries. But a new study shows the condition could even be life-threatening since affected kids are more likely to be hit by a car when crossing the street.
Researchers at at the University of Alabama at Birmingham looked at 78 children with ADHD between the ages of 7 and 10 and 39 kids without the attention disorder and found that kids with ADHD appear to follow all the requisite rules — you know, “look both ways before you cross” — but don't wind up processing the information in a way that enables them to make it to the other side of the street as safely as non-ADHD kids.
The study, published online Monday in the journal Pediatrics, observed that children with ADHD took more chances, electing to cross during smaller gaps between cars, ultimately leaving them with less time before the next car approached the crosswalk.
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A tip for parents: if your child has ADHD, autism or something else that causes them to be inattentive, dress them in colorful clothing to make them more visible to drivers in parking lots, etc.
Dressing them in camoflage is NOT real good..
This might save their life.
Give me a break!!!!!! How about parent responsibility?! It is our jobs as parents to teach our children! Not MEDICINE!! 5:37 - Are you kidding me? Dress them in colorful clothing? Again - Parent Responsibility!!!!!!! We have a 12 year old daughter, that WE raise and taught her this when she was 2! This crap about ADHD is a joke - it is about parents, who don't discipline their children! Instead they make excuses for them and buy them everything under the sun - so they don't have a meltdown!! Teach your children the word NO once in awhile and you won't have that problem!!! I guess my husband and I are BAD parents, because our daughter does her own laundry, cleans her room and empties garbage and the dishwasher and dust and etc. BTW, she is also a straight A student!! She is also NOT on any meds!
Life is good in our house - Cause she doesn't rule the roost!!!
It's not a joke, and it's not a discipline problem, 6:34 (though there are sometimes discipline issues).
I thought the same thing-- till I found myself having to deal with it in my son.
When somebody's brain chemistry isn't right, they won't (and usually can't) act right.
It requires lots of structure and routines and careful attention to DIET to get things working better, but "discipline" alone won't do it.
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