How amazing are toddlers?

[Professor Dan K.]

I hate it when people say that kids make mess and are unruly, they are only like that if they have shit parents. its not hard to make sure your child is well behaved.

i believe the same thing, i mean this whole ADD thing has been taking way out of perspection, suddenly every single kid today has ADD and is taking medication for it. When did this spurt of ADD kids pop up?

my answer? shitty parenting, you let your kids do what they want and let them get away with everything and making them pretty much free of consequences. it sickens me, i mean just teach your child how to behave, at the very least around other people and in public situations.

im not trying to bash parenting or in anyway say its a simple job, the goal is simple, however putting forth the effort to achieve that goal of an obediant well mannered child is quite another situation.

Im only 17 so i dont really know much about actually raising a kid from scratch but these are jsut my views on the matter.

[smoke it]

i hate kids... they never shut up or sit still

[birdgirl73]

Kids in their toddler years are awesome. They're hysterically funny. Such little sponges for language and the world. Those heartfelt belly laughs they laugh when something strikes them as funny. I adore little ones. Was only lucky enough to have one of my own, but I've loved kids since I myself was one. I sure hope I have a lot of grandbabies one of these days!

[Breukelen advocaat]

i believe the same thing, i mean this whole ADD thing has been taking way out of perspection, suddenly every single kid today has ADD and is taking medication for it. When did this spurt of ADD kids pop up?

The ADD, and other problems, is most likely caused by bad diets, which has been getting worse over the past few decades. Sure, the parenting is partly to blame, but it's what they're being fed that's causing the lion's share of major problems.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/encyclop...sein-free_diet

[birdgirl73]

My theory on ADD is that's it's being electronically driven--and that kids' brains are evolving in more ADD fashion because of the earlier and earlier fast-moving electronic interaction. I've found this to be true in several kids I've known since infancy and then seen differences in others who weren't exposed to so many bits and bytes of electronic media when their brains were forming neural pathways early on. I'm convinced this has an effect. Someday I'd like to be able to prove this theory.