"The Way of Boys" by Dr. Anthony Rao, child psychologist

The need for physical education, within the public school setting, is often related to keeping children healthy as it relates to the problem of childhood obesity. But, as more is learned, books like this one reveal another important contribution by physical education in helping our children to mentally cope with the rigors of lengthier classes and increased academic demands.

This book looks like a must read for all of us who have noticed an increase in ADHD diagnosis.

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"Rao's troubled by a 4,000 percent increase in ADHD diagnoses over the past 10 years. He also cites a 600 percent increase in prescribing antipsychotic drugs to children, mostly boys, he said.
What's happening? Rao thinks it boils down to school. Kids, he said, are asked to sit longer, indoors, in language intensive environments.

For boys, that can be a recipe for frustration.
“And when they’re frustrated they begin to act out. We label it a disorder,” Rao said. “But the newest area of exciting research is, when putting kids – and this is mostly boys – outdoors for longer periods of time, giving them vigorous exercise, a lot of the symptoms of ADHD seem to go away."

Just being aware that this is a possibility is an important consideration to understanding our children and the "nature of boys" before being so quick to "label" our children as ADHD.