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bananas

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24. Soon we'll have gene therapy for that!
Wed Dec 9, 2015, 01:45 PM
Dec 2015

With germline editing, those genes can be edited out permanently, so none of your descendents will ever have ADHD.

The new science of eugenics!

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Or it may be the drug them into being quiet scenario. hobbit709 Dec 2015 #1
A lot of things, ADHD and autism among them, are expressed quite differently in girls Warpy Dec 2015 #2
There is some percentage of this that can be attributed to the fact that school curricula Squinch Dec 2015 #3
Finnish kids have a life Rosa Luxemburg Dec 2015 #4
It's nearly impossible for the little ones. And when we make them do Squinch Dec 2015 #5
I complain about the US education system Rosa Luxemburg Dec 2015 #6
I work with special needs kids and I can attest the way our system is set up they push kids in kimbutgar Dec 2015 #9
Fingers crossed that the growth of mindfulness training in schools continues in a big way. Nt JudyM Dec 2015 #7
Or maybe kids spend too much time on electronic devices and not enough physical activity Drahthaardogs Dec 2015 #11
I don't think our human biology has caught up with computer speeds Lodestar Dec 2015 #17
This message was self-deleted by its author Lodestar Dec 2015 #17
Article in Time Magazine - A Nation of Kids with Gadgets and ADHD Lodestar Dec 2015 #20
Pressure on and from schools and parents Blackjackdavey Dec 2015 #16
Thank you for this shrike Dec 2015 #21
Yes, I have experienced the pressure from the schools. Zing Zing Zingbah Dec 2015 #22
its a pharma windfall restorefreedom Dec 2015 #8
This is a profit based surge in diagnoses Z_California Dec 2015 #10
More pills = more money....it's that simple Waitsman Dec 2015 #13
They LOVE chronic fatigue and Fibromyalgia too! Elmer S. E. Dump Dec 2015 #23
Having to sit still so you can take tests and more tests will do that to kids ck4829 Dec 2015 #12
I probably had ADHD MosheFeingold Dec 2015 #14
Totally wrong understanding of ADHD Waitsman Dec 2015 #15
Soon we'll have gene therapy for that! bananas Dec 2015 #24
Dangerous Waitsman Dec 2015 #25
to focus, to pay attention is a learned skill, not something one can drug or punish into anyone. Sunlei Dec 2015 #19
glad to see comments oldandhappy Dec 2015 #26
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