| hey're adults I want my kids to say 'mum | | | | your ADHD child so that he can improve his |
| worked so hard, but she was always there for | | | | concentration. This fits in nicely with the first |
| us. Number one priority for me? My kids. They | | | | action point as you want to do make the time |
| come first." Britney Spears speaking on her US | | | | you spend with your child quality time in every |
| tour as she is accompanied by her two children | | | | sense of the word. What are these cognitive |
| Sean Preston (3) and Jayden James(2). What has | | | | type games? There are memory and |
| this got to do with ADD ADHD disorder? A lot. | | | | concentration games, puzzles, the coin game, |
| Time is of the essence and the more time we | | | | relaxation imagery games and so on. They can be |
| spend with our kids, the better. That is so | | | | found in the behavior program link towards the |
| important and especially if ADHD is a challenge in | | | | end of the article. The program is called 'Total |
| your family. | | | | Focus'. |
| Look at the shocking figures from the UK where | | | | ADD and ADHD disorders are widely treated with |
| Young Poll conducted a survey among 3,000 | | | | medication . These are mind altering drugs. |
| adults and children on the occasion of National | | | | Several independent studies have shown that the |
| Family Week which is trying to encourage families | | | | amount of information about the risks, side |
| to spend more time together. The figures tell us | | | | effects and long term implications for these drugs |
| that the average family only spends 45 minutes | | | | on our children's health are just not getting |
| together each day and that is usually for eating | | | | through to the public. |
| but little else. Everybody is busy and everybody is | | | | My third action point for parents if confronted |
| in their own room with a TV and a computer, and | | | | with an ADD ADHD disorder, is to find out as |
| the family hardly exists. | | | | much as you can about these medications and |
| My first action point for parents whether they are | | | | look at alternatives such as homeopathy. I know |
| coming to terms with ADD and ADHD disorders | | | | of parents who have had endless problems with |
| or not, is to spend more time with your kids. This | | | | getting the kids up early so that they have to |
| survey found that some time was spent together | | | | take the medicine (usually an amphetamine type |
| shopping at the malls so I would replace that with | | | | drug, an anti-depressant or a blood pressure drug!) |
| green time and exercise. Everybody will be in a | | | | so that it will kick in by the time they start class. |
| better mood! | | | | No to mention problems with insomnia, loss of |
| If a child has an ADD ADHD disorder, his day is | | | | appetite, irritability and mood swings. One or |
| like living inside a video game where all the action, | | | | several of these could change your life for the |
| sensations, sounds and movement is coming at | | | | worst . By opting for a homeopathic remedy to |
| him all at once and he cannot give his attention to | | | | alleviate ADHD symptoms ,you can be safe in the |
| any one of these nor can he prioritise which are | | | | knowledge that there are no side effects, risks or |
| the important ones which will enable him to | | | | danger of addiction. This is one of the safest |
| perform a certain task, or get his homework | | | | ways of treating an ADD ADHD disorder together |
| done. | | | | with an ADHD behavioral therapy program, but |
| My second action point is to play games with | | | | your doctor will probably disagree. |