We teach them that a less processed, less artificial, more plant-based diet will not only help their health and mental clarity, but it will show them solutions to so many of the health, environmental and social problems which are facing our society today. A major problem that children face today is that they do not havetime to grow and develope. The Educational system requires children to perform activities, such as, reading and writing before they are developmentally ready to meet those demands. When they try to avoid doing these activities, they are labeled as either having a learning disability or Attention Deficit Disorder. It is normal for children to the age of seven to have lower attention span.
Boys typically have more difficulty keeping still than do girls.
Five and six year old children need to move in order to minimize the effects of stress. Dr. Wiener described the more global function of vision and the vision process in terms of the developmental needs of the children. He described vision as the ability to derive meaning andthe directing of action when light strikes the eye. This means that a child must have the motor and physiological mechanisms in place in order to be able to respond appropriatly. Most children who have difficulty in school and who have been classified as ADD, have developmental lags.