TV May Cause Attention Deficit In Kids

A study published in Pediatrics had parents of 1,345 children aged 1 and 3 report on their children's viewing habits. The researchers found that for every hour of TV the children regularly watched on a daily basis they increased their chances of developing attention deficit disorders later in life by 10 percent. This means that kids who watched three to four hours daily had a 30 to 40% increase in risk. The researchers believe it’s the unrealistically fast-paced visual images typical of most TV programming that may be altering normal brain development.

From the research that's been done in the field of Brain Gym, this over stimulation may cause the survival part of the brain to increase its development. This means the child has a reduced ability to focus and concentrate while acting restless and impulsive and being easily confused.

So…if you have very young children, do your best to not turn the TV into their babysitter.

Sodas Can Give Kids Chronic Headaches

If your child suffers from chronic headaches and migraines, then he or she may be drinking too many caffeinated sodas. There's an easy way to find out if it's the caffeine and that's to stop the sodas and any other beverage that contains caffeine. Once the caffeine stops, so
will the headaches and migraines if they were caffeine related. One word of warning - you need to gradually wean you child off the caffeine beverages by reducing the amount by one-quarter per week. Withdrawing too quickly can also cause headaches.

THE POWER OF VIDEO GAMES

Your kid wants a violent video game and a non-violent one. If they're equally challenging, which one will they want to play the most? A study let 60 kids play two games for a minute or two. One was violent and the other non-violent. Surprisingly, half the kids preferred the non-violent one. The key difference appeared to be that both were equally challenging. So, invest in good quality, non-violent video games this year.