Children ; Pujya Gurudev

After All, Why Don't Children Obey?

=Pt.ShriRam Sharma Acharya

The psychiatrists of VIMHANS say that the Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) can be of many kinds. Mild in the beginning, it may grow into Hyperactive Attention Deficit Disorder (HADD). According to the psychiatrist Dr. Nagpal of VIMHANS there are three main symptoms of HADD. The first one is lack of concentration, second is hyperactivity and the third is need of compulsion to do something. In addition to these symptoms, scattering of mind, unstable and violent behavior, inferiority complex, doing things that attract peoples attention, building castles in the air, tendency of not to stay together, very poor memory, lack of patience, behavior that troubles others, thieving tendency etc. are commonly found in the children affected by this disease.

They leave out studies. Often they fail to complete even school education. They get frequent attacks of depression. At such occasions, controlling them becomes very difficult. Experts are yet to come to a unanimous conclusion about the cause of this disease. However recent research and investigation have brought forth two things. One is that among initial reasons, it happens due to minor harm to the brain caused due to infection either at foetal or childhood stage. In this regard it is a fact that irregular flow of chemicals in the brain causes such harms.

But the second and much more important thing is the tendency of not paying attention to children. Attention Deficit Disorder literally means this. These days parents or guardians do not or cannot pay as much attention to children as is necessary. Prof. Jean Huston has written a very nice research book about it "Child Care : Its Psychological Meaning". In this book he has presented the research experiments done on the activities of children and the conclusion there of. He says that in one case parents get so busy in their jobs that children are left to be taken care of by servants and material provisions.

Thanks GOD, Thanks Sadguru,

Shiv Sharma