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Crossing Lines in the Ritalin Wars: One Mother's Perspective

by Katherine Ellison, Posted Mar 2nd 2011 1:00PM

Katherine Ellison writes about her son in her memoir "Buzz: A Year of Paying Attention." Courtesy Katherine Ellison I once lost a friend whom I had berated for "drugging" his son who had been diagnosed with ADHD -- a story I tell in my ...Why this mother changed her mind about treating her child's disorder with drugs.
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Katherine Ellison, Author of 'Buzz: A Year of Paying Attention,' Understands Distraction

by Christopher Healy, Posted Oct 29th 2010 12:15PM

Katherine Ellison deals with ADHD in many different ways. Credit: Nick Rozsa
You don't have to have Attention Deficit Disorder to get a lot out of "Buzz: A Year of Paying Attention," the new memoir by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Katherine ...Ellison makes a point in her book that our entire society -- this writer included -- is growing increasingly prone to distraction.
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Making babies makes you smarter

by Amy Hatch, Posted Oct 15th 2008 10:00AM

Want to get smarter? Have a kid. The human brain makes new cells constantly over a lifetime, but the cells are most likely to survive and flourish when challenged with emotional and novel experiences. Scientists now say that parenthood provides the ...
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