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<blockquote data-quote="Fran" data-source="post: 24063" data-attributes="member: 3"><p><span style='font-size: 11pt'>While thinking about hyperactivity in children, I remember thinking that it was important to stimulate and expose kids to help them grow and think. Do you think we over stimulated kids at too early of an age or too much? Could we have triggered their hyperactivity by always keeping them on the go? As a toddler, difficult child and I did something almost every morning. Parks, playgrounds, groups, museums, zoos etc. We had story time, craft time, tv time, play time. It's not that he didn't have down time to play on his own but it was after afternoon nap. </p><p></p><p> I was thinking of women who tended fields with their babies. They were in a crib of some sort all day except for feeding. They grew up. Maybe they weren't the sharpest but maybe they were. The kids who spent a lot of their toddler days in a playpen while mom did laundry or cooked or cleaned. </p><p> Could it be kids who have "different" nervous systems are triggered by so much stimulation? What could be a positive in a neurotypical kid could be a negative (if you believe hyperactivity to be a negative) in someone who isn't neurotypical. </p><p></p><p> I have no scientific information. I'm on vacation and I was just thinking about hyperactivity. What do you think?</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fran, post: 24063, member: 3"] <span style='font-size: 11pt'>While thinking about hyperactivity in children, I remember thinking that it was important to stimulate and expose kids to help them grow and think. Do you think we over stimulated kids at too early of an age or too much? Could we have triggered their hyperactivity by always keeping them on the go? As a toddler, difficult child and I did something almost every morning. Parks, playgrounds, groups, museums, zoos etc. We had story time, craft time, tv time, play time. It's not that he didn't have down time to play on his own but it was after afternoon nap. I was thinking of women who tended fields with their babies. They were in a crib of some sort all day except for feeding. They grew up. Maybe they weren't the sharpest but maybe they were. The kids who spent a lot of their toddler days in a playpen while mom did laundry or cooked or cleaned. Could it be kids who have "different" nervous systems are triggered by so much stimulation? What could be a positive in a neurotypical kid could be a negative (if you believe hyperactivity to be a negative) in someone who isn't neurotypical. I have no scientific information. I'm on vacation and I was just thinking about hyperactivity. What do you think?</span> [/QUOTE]
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