Quigg: Mindful parenting takes focus

 ADHD in the News 2015-11-10


The conscientious parents I know want to be mindful. They try to still the noise around them in order to focus on precious moments with their kids, recognizing the all-too-fleeting nature of childhood’s years...In a recent interview with Stew Friedman of LinkedIn, [Dr. Ned] Hallowell shared that, while 5 to 10 percent of the population has true ADD or ADHD, “75 to 80 percent have a severe case of ‘modern life,’” or what he calls “Attention Deficit Trait (ADT)