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A member asked:
Please share a myth involving school-age kids that i should know about.
9 doctors weighed in across 5 answers
Ignore: Pre-teens (10-13 yr old) are concrete thinkers and cannot easily conceptualize the distant future.
Answered 6/28/2014
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Ignore: It is a myth that head lice happen to dirty people. They are transmitted easily to nice clean hair.
Answered 7/14/2014
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Ignore: Use of stimulants in teens with adhd increases risk of drug abuse later in life.
Answered 4/15/2015
3k views
Ignore: Completely independent children. Unobtrusive presence of encouraging & loving parents is essential!
Answered 9/13/2015
2.3k views
Ignore: Don't suggest that your kids may be bad at something (i.e. Math) b/c then they won't even try.
Answered 12/25/2015
1.8k views
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