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For kids with ADHD, regular 'green time' is linked to milder symptoms
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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 461167" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>As a theory - it makes sense. We weren't "designed" for urban life. Everything about our make-up works better in either a hunter-gatherer life, or a farming life. As in, "old style"... before tractors. </p><p></p><p>Back then - like, my grandpa's day - ADHD existed, but it wasn't a "problem". Life had room for those traits. You burned off your steam in the outdoors, got your adrenalin fix from a stubborn cow or a pesky horse, and so on. </p><p></p><p>I'm <strong><u>not</u></strong> saying we go back to those days - minimal health care, high accident rates, etc. But... psychologically, we need the "outdoors".</p><p></p><p>When the kids know that (ours do), there are ways to get it. The research just gives us a better "reason" for doing what we love anyway!</p><p>When the kids do not want that... you're right - how on earth do you get them that daily fix of "green"?</p><p></p><p>Again its a case of researchers telling us what we already kind of know... and NOT telling us the part that we wish we had the answers to.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 461167, member: 11791"] As a theory - it makes sense. We weren't "designed" for urban life. Everything about our make-up works better in either a hunter-gatherer life, or a farming life. As in, "old style"... before tractors. Back then - like, my grandpa's day - ADHD existed, but it wasn't a "problem". Life had room for those traits. You burned off your steam in the outdoors, got your adrenalin fix from a stubborn cow or a pesky horse, and so on. I'm [B][U]not[/U][/B] saying we go back to those days - minimal health care, high accident rates, etc. But... psychologically, we need the "outdoors". When the kids know that (ours do), there are ways to get it. The research just gives us a better "reason" for doing what we love anyway! When the kids do not want that... you're right - how on earth do you get them that daily fix of "green"? Again its a case of researchers telling us what we already kind of know... and NOT telling us the part that we wish we had the answers to. [/QUOTE]
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