Every child must undergo a rite of passage to become an adult. This journey is one that has become more complex in recent history due to the increasing complexity and challenges in their life and the lives of their parents. There has been an explosion in the last 20...
A new book by Dr Richard Saul claims that ADHD, as a “condition” does not exist. He claims that whilst the symptoms are real, there are a number of underlying reasons for them and that these are ignored in the rush to label children with ADHD and then put them on...
When the American Academy of Pediatrics changed the guidelines for ADHD to expand the age of diagnosis to include children from age 4-18 (from 6-12), that the number of cases would rise was, by definition, inevitable. The recent survey by the CDC, published in the...
There never seems to be enough money in health or education. The calls for more “funding” become deafening. In Australia we have had numerous “education revolutions” over the last five years each costing more than the previous. And so successful that another is...
Anger is a natural human emotion, and the issue of handling it is one that all children and their parents must face eventually. In their early teen years, boys may struggle with the hormonal changes that their bodies are undergoing. At this point in their lives, their...
Once in a while one comes across something, which really captures the essence of an issue in one simple line. So it was with the ADHD debate this week. An article on Bloomberg news was discussing the difficulty that drug companies had in “cracking” the European...
