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4. MISCONCEPTION ABOUT CHILDREN WITH ADHD / ADD
4.1. Common myths about the ADHD/ADD child are:
- Poor parenting style are the root cause of the ADHD/ADD child's misbehavior
- The ADHD/ADD child is lazy or not trying his best
- Ritalin will solve the ADHD/ADD problem (Truth: Ritalin is just a catalyst that helps to solve the ADHD/ADD problem).
4.2. Differing Opinions about ADHD/ADD: Now you see it, Now you don't; The Disorder That Goes "Poof" (By Thomas Armstrong, Ph.D.):
- ADD is a simplistic answer to the problems of a complex world
- ADD is a social invention to ensure the proper functioning of a society - spectrum of acceptable behaviors
- ADD is a product of a modern short-attention span society
- ADD is a response to boring classrooms
- ADD is a reflection of normal gender differences
- ADD is a different way of learning.
4.3. The Other Side of ADHD/ADD: "Born To Explore", see website at www.borntoexplore.org:
- Or greatest inventors and divergent thinkers shuch as Thomas Edison, Ben Franklin all exhibited traits of ADHD/ADD
- The ADHD/ADD child is usually of the MBTI temperament type ENTP (Extrovert, iNtuitive, Thinking, Perceiving, instead of Introvert, Sensing, Feeling, Judging) which exhibits the following characteristics:
- Typically active & excitable
- Easily distracted and bored with anything remotely routine
- Mind work quickly that they are asked or forced to wait for their turn to speak that often make them forget what they are going to say
- Spring into actions with inspiration, but must be prodded to finish the many projects that they start
- Immediate surrounding are usually chaotic, messy and seems very di-organised
- Experts in the MBTI temperament theory believe the above behaviors are normal and ENTPs are dubbed as "Inventors" and "Entrepreneurs"
- Most people with ADHD/ADD can focus extremely well on something they find interesting, even better than the average person.
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