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Putting children on drugs does nothing to change the conditions that derail their development in the first place
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brain studies of children
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while they are engaged in an attention task.
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clear evidence that the developing brain is shaped by experience.
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A.D.D. is estimated at 8 percen
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very little is studied regarding the role of experience.
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here will never be a single solution for all children with learning and behavior problems
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the large-scale medication of children feeds into a societal view that all of life’s problems can be solved with a pill
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the illusion that children’s behavior problems can be cured with drugs prevents us as a society from seeking the more complex solutions that will be necessary.
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which studies show work for four to eight weeks,
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you can get a whole story in six minutes,”
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A book takes so long. I prefer the immediate gratification.”
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developing brains can become more easily habituated than adult brains to constantly switching tasks — and less able to sustain attention.
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ewarded not for staying on task but for jumping to the next thing
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brains are going to be wired differently.”
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Unchecked use of digital devices, he says, can create a culture in which students are addicted to the virtual world and lost in it.
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With mixed practice, he added, “each problem is different from the last one, which means kids must learn how to choose the appropriate procedure
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hurriedly jam-packing a brain is akin to speed-packing a cheap suitcase, as most students quickly learn — it holds its new load for a while, then most everything falls out.
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forgetting is the friend of learning
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The more mental sweat it takes to dig it out, the more securely it will be subsequently anchored.
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study plan based on evidence, not schoolyard folk wisdom, or empty theorizing.
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