ADHD

Here's a brief about this syndrome - as per child care workers and doctors - this syndrome is most commonly observed in children rather than adults. Some of the distinguishing characteristics of children suffering from this syndrome are
> > Short Attention Span
> Difficulty to concentrate and complete a given task
> Difficulty to understand set of commands and follow them
> Hyperactivity
I have put these characteristics in a very lay mans language and parents who would like to get more info can go to www.adhd.ca as it is a pretty exhaustive site and covers everything related to adhd. Also if you google on adhd you would get hundreds of links giving you tons of information on the subject
However I would like to CAUTION parents and advice them to take this information with a pinch of salt. Though there may be genuine cases of ADHD, they are very rare. Most of the times the care taker, especially in this part of the world, does not want to handle active kids. And generally speaking, kids from south asia are more active than white canadian kids. Thus labelling them with adhd provides the caretaker with an easy way out where the kid then goes on sedatives and thus is much easier to handle. So when your child is diagnosed with adhd, either by the care taker or the doctor, you would still be the best judge of your child capabilities. The symptoms that I mentioned above are so common and could be found in every child in varying degrees. So you be the judge and dont get bogged down by what the care taker says. You always have the right to question them back because you would know at the bottom of your heart whether or not your child is> having any kind of problem.
Every child is different and has a right to percieve this world from his or her perspective. (S)He is meant to be mischevious, be lazy at some times and thus not concetrate on given tasks and break rules (commands) at other times. However (S)he is not meant to be on sedatives and drugs that would curb his/her natural enthusiasm. > So parents....you be the judges before taking any step towards such diagnosis.