Many kids with slow processing speed take medication designed to help children with ADHD. Given that more than 60% of children with ADHD display slow processing speed, this is no […]

Fortnite is an incredibly popular game among teens and preteens. It’s also powerfully engaging, to the point where many kids are obsessed with Fortnite, and playing Fortnite is all they […]

Contrary to what American pediatricians have been reporting for years, in a statement just released by British pediatricians, they suggest that screen time use is not harmful to children. While […]

Video games such as Fortnite and Minecraft are compelling activities built by masterminds who know how to capture the attention and persistence of players. However, it is this same focus, […]

I have written before about how gamers identify themselves. Not being a gamer myself (I am too old and get nauseous playing first-person shooters), I interviewed many of my patients […]

The most frequent concern voiced by parents in my clinical practice is that their kids spend too much time on their screens. This worry is particularly noticeable amongst the parents […]

Many children with mild to modest symptoms of ADHD are not identified with ADHD until they reach middle school. As younger children, their energy and occasional inattentiveness were attributed by […]

In the 1960s and 1970s, what we now call ADHD was referred to as “Hyperkinetic Impulse Disorder.” At that time, it was believed that the ratio of boys to girls […]

Executive functioning skills are the essential capacities that help kids make better decisions, learn from their mistakes, and set goals. However, these skills often aren’t as fully developed in children […]

Football is the most popular television sport in the United States. This means that many kids watch live and televised amatuer, high school, college and professional football and observe their […]