People with attention deficit have difficulty maintaining high levels of brain arousal associated with sustained alertness and focused attention. There's an imbalance in the right and left hemispheres of their brains. I've witnessed these learning challenges in my own children, and in many of my Orange Coast College students. The number of young people in our society who are experiencing these learning challenges has increased dramatically in recent decades. Just ask any classroom teacher.
Kids watch eight hours of TV a day.
By the time the average American child is five years of age, he or she has watched 6,000 hours of television. After the age of five, kids continue to spend more time watching TV than in school. Our children's brains have changed. They're different than those of my generation. Because the brain's software has been rewired by mass media bombardment.