{"id":1196,"date":"2015-06-02T17:09:37","date_gmt":"2015-06-02T22:09:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=1196"},"modified":"2015-06-02T17:09:37","modified_gmt":"2015-06-02T22:09:37","slug":"why-are-french-students-so-much-calmer-than-american-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2015\/06\/02\/why-are-french-students-so-much-calmer-than-american-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Why are French students so much calmer than American students?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Treehugger.com<\/strong><\/em>‘s Katherine Martinko reports on ADHD in France<\/a>:<\/p>\n

A shocking 9 percent of U.S. kids are diagnosed and medicated for ADHD, compared to 0.5 percent of French kids. What’s causing the big difference?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Several years ago, a fascinating book came out called Bringing Up B\u00e9b\u00e9<\/em>. Written by an American woman named Pamela Druckerman who lives and raises her kids in France, the book explores the many ways in which the French, as a whole culture, parent differently than the Americans (and Canadians, since that\u2019s where I live and see the many similarities in parenting styles).<\/p>\n

The biggest difference between France and the United States is the approach to routine and structure in children\u2019s lives. While the French implement a strict daily routine from the very beginning and expect their children to fit into a parent-determined lifestyle, American families are usually child-centric, with parents accommodating their children\u2019s needs and desires.<\/p>\n

This stereotypical American parenting style, however, may have a serious downside. An article<\/a> in Psychology Today<\/em> attributes the relatively low levels of ADHD in French children in part to the presence of structure in their lives.<\/strong> Because their parents insist that they learn self-control from an early age by enforcing limits and are supported in this by the education system, fewer French children develop behavioral problems that reach the point of requiring medication.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Treehugger.com‘s Katherine Martinko reports on ADHD in France: A shocking 9 percent of U.S. kids are diagnosed and medicated for ADHD, compared to 0.5 percent of French kids. What’s causing the big difference? Several years ago, a fascinating book came out called Bringing Up B\u00e9b\u00e9. Written by an American woman \u2026 Continue reading → <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1196"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1196\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1197,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1196\/revisions\/1197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}