[EggsAckley]

Are American children more mentally handicapped than Chinese children? Are they afflicted with a mental disease that is more prevalent in the United States than anywhere else on the globe?

Are Chinese children spending 6, 8, 10 hours a day hooked on Nintendo and television? Hate to answer a question with a question, but this one seems like a no-brainer.

[Abe Froman]

Perhaps not Chinese children, but you can bet that Japanese kids are, probably to a larger degree. So do they have the ADD issue that is apparently endemic to American kids?

[suijuris]

Are Chinese children spending 6, 8, 10 hours a day hooked on Nintendo and television? Hate to answer a question with a question, but this one seems like a no-brainer.

I'm no behavioral scientist, but I've believed for some time that what we call ADD is the result of all the stimulation from TV and other electronic baby sitters while the brain is still being "hard wired" in early childhood development.

[netmilsmom]

>>Are Chinese children spending 6, 8, 10 hours a day hooked on Nintendo and television? Hate to answer a question with a question, but this one seems like a no-brainer.<<

Both of you are blaming this on the parents and I'm not saying that lazy parents do not have something to do with it, but those schools suck too. The Liberal administrators have taken away all forms of discipline that teachers can use so there is chaos in the class.

My daughter who is tested to read on a 4th grade level is failing reading in 1st grade because the teacher doesn't keep the class quiet. My daughter can't concentrate and does not finish her work. I have begged the teachers to sit her with her back to a wall so she has no one talking behind her but GEEZ. The responsibility of remaining on task is given to my 6 year old with no help. When I was in school quiet was expected.