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The ADHD Epidemic: What’s a Parent to Do?

I have spent countless hours in deep discussion with both parents and professionals questioning why so many kids are being diagnosed these days with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) or Attention Deficit with Hyperactivity (ADHD). Is there some causal contributor in our food or environment? Is it due to changes in parenting practices? School environments? The […]

Filed Under: Key 10- Parenting Together, Key 7- Accepting Differences, Key 8- Seeing the Positive, Uncategorized Tagged With: ADHD, hyperactivity, media, screen time 11 Comments

Don MacMannis, Ph.D.
Debra Manchester MacMannis, M.S.W.

Don and Debra are a team both at home and at the office. Married for thirty years and parents of two sons, they are psychotherapists who have simultaneously served as directors of the Family Therapy Institute of Santa Barbara. In addition to nationwide lectures on families, they have provided postgraduate training to hundreds of therapists. Read More >>

The ADHD Epidemic: What’s a Parent to Do?

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