Includes index. "First paperback edition 2005"--Title page verso. Originally published as: The Edison gene : ADHD and the gift of the hunter child / Thom Hartmann. ℗♭2003. "A modified version of the chapter 'Edison-gene girls and women' first appeared in the anthology Understanding women with AD/HD, edited by Kathleen G. Nadeau (Silver Spring, Md. : Advantage Books, 2002"--Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-262) and index.
Contents:
Introduction. A new view for our children -- Part 1. The past. The world of the Edison-gene child -- The dawn of civilization -- Three ways humans were killed off by weather -- Part 2. The present. Anatomy of a diagnosis -- The mystery of novelty-seeking behavior -- Genes move around and turn on and off -- Other genes and influences -- Scientists find the "adaptive" Edison gene -- The ADHD gene and the dawn of human civilization -- Brain development and the Edison-gene child -- The Edison gene, drugs, exercise, and nutrition -- Providing discipline and structure for the Edison-gene child -- Alfred Adler's principles for raising children -- Educating the Edison-gene child -- Edison-gene girls and women -- Spirituality and the Edison-gene child -- Part 3. The future. How Edison-gene children may change the world -- Is human evolution finally over? -- One generation to save the world -- Afterword. Yesterday's child / by Janie Bowman.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.