Chapter 22

Research has linked watching a lot of television during the toddler years with later attention problems. How common is this practice? Has this increased or decreased in recent years? What advice do you have, given these findings, for parents of toddlers?

Up to \(20 \%\) of fifth-grade boys are taking psychostimulant medications, even though ADHD affects many fewer than one in five boys. What forces do you think this have led to this? What are the consequences?