Is Your Child Hyperactive? Inattentive? Impulsive? Distractable?: Helping the ADD/Hyperactive Child

Evan, five years old, hardly stands, much less sits, still for more than a few moments. Jessie is eight — she's adorable...she never finishes anything on time...she's a dreamer. Cal is fifteen — he is so impulsive that his parents worry he'll try drugs on a whim.

What do these kids have in common? Do they remind you of your own children?

The most talked-about childhood syndrome of the eighties and nineties is ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder). This developmental disorder disrupt...