I almost Died!?

[kahljorn]

Yea it makes alot of sense that the reason they have add is because they aren't stimulated so they need stimulants. MTV generation? I don't know, according to most of what I've read it's a more recent 'psychosis'(more like neurosis), but that could be due to changes in diet/enviroment, or simply social changes like you're suggesting.

Another reason why it might go away when you're an adult is because the brain is still developing up until then, that's why alot of schizophrenics go crazy in their teens to early 20's. There's also alot of hormonal changes at that time, and considering the fact that alot of this is related to important hormonal producing glands it makes it more plausible.

Also like I mentioned before this is an actual developmental problem and it's effects are often tied to nutrition and what type of drugs the mother injested while the child was in the womb. People smoking nicotine even increases the risk, and people with add are more likely to have add children, so I think it's possible that this is an actual problem with the brain being underdeveloped. However, both of the previous examples can both be coincidence without causation, as both of those factors could be passed on through social development.
I'm not so sure if it's the result of bad parenting in a social regard, even though the brain is sometimes considered to react physiologically to external stimuli. It really seems more likely that it's a developmental problem, which is also a result of bad parenting but not in the same way as previously mentioned.