There's probably one in your child's class. Another in the neighborhood. And perhaps even one already diagnosed with the problem in your daughter's preschool.
Hyperactive kids seem to be popping up everywhere, and no one had even heard of it a generation ago.
Even more disturbing, headlines blare that tots as young as 2 years old are being put on psychiatric drugs in ever-increasing numbers. But we felt he was just a kid. It took two subsequent teachers with the same comment to persuade the Smiths to seek an evaluation. Anna, an employee with UC Davis Medical Center, asked advice from Robin Hansen, a pediatrician who specializes in behavioral disorders with the UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute . Hansen understood the Smiths' fear that the hyperactivity label may be placed on lively children too quickly.