Youngest Kids in Class at Higher Risk of ADHD Diagnosis
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#2This doesn't surprise me. My youngest is a July baby and was constantly in trouble up to around the age of 11, for being a bit silly and immature. We, as parents, got to realise this and would often say, "If he was in the year below, his behaviour wouldn't be unusual."
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#3This is some Malcolm Gladwell-level stuff... Damn.
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#4Removing actual firm discipline for all the young boys has been a disaster.
We replaced strict and perhaps unpleasant discipline in favor of medicine, and its worse long term side effect profile.
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#5Removing actual firm discipline for all the young boys has been a disaster. We replaced strict and perhaps unpleasant discipline in favor of medicine, and its worse long term side effect profile.
> Removing actual firm discipline
What are some concrete examples of disciplinary tactics we should resume using?
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#6Removing actual firm discipline for all the young boys has been a disaster. We replaced strict and perhaps unpleasant discipline in favor of medicine, and its worse long term side effect profile.
You say strict but don't you really just mean threatening children with violence?
The last time someone told me to stand still so they could hit me as hard as they could with a cane was when I was 7 or 8 years old. That's not education. Real educators, much like real democracy, do not rely on fear and violence to control others.
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#7Is there anywhere that divides up their younger grade classes into who is born in the first half of the educational year and who is born in the second half? That could help somewhat although the teacher of the second half kids probably is going to have a tough time.
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#8Is there anywhere that divides up their younger grade classes into who is born in the first half of the educational year and who is born in the second half? That could help somewhat although the teacher of the second half kids probably is going to have a tough time.
England has very recently allowed summer born children to defer.
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachm...
http://www.theguardian.com/education/2015/sep/08/parents-of-...
It's a bit confusing.
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#9Removing actual firm discipline for all the young boys has been a disaster. We replaced strict and perhaps unpleasant discipline in favor of medicine, and its worse long term side effect profile.
> Removing actual firm discipline What are some concrete examples of disciplinary tactics we should resume using?
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#10Perhaps astrology has some truth to it after all :)