Why do people have such a damn hard time accepting that there is no such thing as a sugar high? Really, the explanation for it is so simple. Why is it so difficult to believe that kids are crazy and unpredictable, and all kinds of things make them hyper? The mentality of a parent who sees their kid bouncing off the wall and thinks, "hmm, this is abnormal, must've been something he ate," is something I will never be able to understand.
Ugh, and then there's the idiots on Althouse who keep saying "the real problem isn't the sugar high, it's the sugar CRASH." Then some of them even say that this sugar "crash" that occurs after the "high" makes their kid "tired" which then makes him "hyper." EH?! If there's no sugar high, then there certainly can't be a sugar crash. And if there is a sugar crash, then it sure as hell can't cause hyperness. It's like these people speak some new form of English where black and white have the same meaning.
And just to clarify what you said on that old post, I'm pretty sure that I never said "Dad, you're wrong about there not being a sugar high."
"Why is it so difficult to believe that kids are crazy and unpredictable, and all kinds of things make them hyper? The mentality of a parent who sees their kid bouncing off the wall and thinks, "hmm, this is abnormal, must have a chemical imbalance, let's put him on Ritalin," is something I will never be able to understand."
Fixed that for me.
Kids are like dogs. If you want them to stop bouncing off the walls, take them outside to run around.
That comes from my years of experience raising children, mind you.
There's a corolary to the sugar high thing. I hear people say, when they're tired or unfocused or a little out of it, that they have "low blood sugar." Unless they have serious insulin/glucose regulation problems, this is pretty unlikely.
"I hear people say, when they're tired or unfocused or a little out of it, that they have "low blood sugar.""
Yeah. I think these peope are actually just hungry, and that distracts them and makes them think of food, or makes them tired in a purely psychological sense.
As far as ADD goes, Lisa VanDamme of the VanDamme Academy in California has renamed it "Academic Deficiency Disorder." In other words, it's caused by crappy teaching.
One thing lots of people don't understand is that "energy," in terms of calories, is not the same thing as "energy" in the sense of how awake someone is. Ingesting calories does nothing to actually stimulate your body to use them.
As far as ADD goes, Lisa VanDamme of the VanDamme Academy in California has renamed it "Academic Deficiency Disorder." In other words, it's caused by crappy teaching.
Ehhhh. Certainly possible, but not my first differential, or even my second. For both the skyrocketing ADD diagnoses and the Autism diagnoses, I tend to "credit" lazy (or over-reactive/over-protective) parenting first, then lazy doctoring, before I get to teaching.
Not that there aren't real cases out there (especially of autism, obviously). Just that it regularly blows my mind how many kids I meet who have been diagnosed with one or the other.
Mom and I were reminiscing about autistic kids we knew at camp. These weren't kids with some mild odd behavior. My favorite was Kenny the toilet flusher who would disappear from activities only to be found in the nearest bathroom, sitting on the floor next to the toilet, flushing it over and over while watching the water swirl down. I wonder if he grew up to be an expert on the Coriolis effect.
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I'll repost on sugar highs every three years until everyone cries uncle.
Good lord, everyone, what are you waiting for?
UNCLE UNCLE UNCLE UNCLE UNCLE!!!
Why do people have such a damn hard time accepting that there is no such thing as a sugar high? Really, the explanation for it is so simple. Why is it so difficult to believe that kids are crazy and unpredictable, and all kinds of things make them hyper? The mentality of a parent who sees their kid bouncing off the wall and thinks, "hmm, this is abnormal, must've been something he ate," is something I will never be able to understand.
Ugh, and then there's the idiots on Althouse who keep saying "the real problem isn't the sugar high, it's the sugar CRASH." Then some of them even say that this sugar "crash" that occurs after the "high" makes their kid "tired" which then makes him "hyper." EH?! If there's no sugar high, then there certainly can't be a sugar crash. And if there is a sugar crash, then it sure as hell can't cause hyperness. It's like these people speak some new form of English where black and white have the same meaning.
And just to clarify what you said on that old post, I'm pretty sure that I never said "Dad, you're wrong about there not being a sugar high."
"Why is it so difficult to believe that kids are crazy and unpredictable, and all kinds of things make them hyper? The mentality of a parent who sees their kid bouncing off the wall and thinks, "hmm, this is abnormal, must have a chemical imbalance, let's put him on Ritalin," is something I will never be able to understand."
Fixed that for me.
Kids are like dogs. If you want them to stop bouncing off the walls, take them outside to run around.
That comes from my years of experience raising children, mind you.
There's a corolary to the sugar high thing. I hear people say, when they're tired or unfocused or a little out of it, that they have "low blood sugar." Unless they have serious insulin/glucose regulation problems, this is pretty unlikely.
"I hear people say, when they're tired or unfocused or a little out of it, that they have "low blood sugar.""
Yeah. I think these peope are actually just hungry, and that distracts them and makes them think of food, or makes them tired in a purely psychological sense.
As far as ADD goes, Lisa VanDamme of the VanDamme Academy in California has renamed it "Academic Deficiency Disorder." In other words, it's caused by crappy teaching.
One thing lots of people don't understand is that "energy," in terms of calories, is not the same thing as "energy" in the sense of how awake someone is. Ingesting calories does nothing to actually stimulate your body to use them.
Internet down from last night at 8 to just now.
Sorry, Luke. Must been "somebody else" who said that.
Everything you all say is correct. In a non-diabetic, Blood glucose is pretty tightly controlled. The "low blood sugar" thing just cracks me up.
The Althouse people, like, never had an education, or something.
I could be wrong, but I believe I just told you what Mr. Irwin said and asked for your response.
Not trying to be too defensive or anything, I'd just be awfully ashamed if I did actually use to think like those morons on the Althouse blog.
Actually, i think I was just making the distinction that you wouldnt call me "Mr. Murphy" like what was that girl's name, again?
Murphy children should be expecting an email soon with exciting tax news.
As far as ADD goes, Lisa VanDamme of the VanDamme Academy in California has renamed it "Academic Deficiency Disorder." In other words, it's caused by crappy teaching.
Ehhhh. Certainly possible, but not my first differential, or even my second. For both the skyrocketing ADD diagnoses and the Autism diagnoses, I tend to "credit" lazy (or over-reactive/over-protective) parenting first, then lazy doctoring, before I get to teaching.
Not that there aren't real cases out there (especially of autism, obviously). Just that it regularly blows my mind how many kids I meet who have been diagnosed with one or the other.
Mom and I were reminiscing about autistic kids we knew at camp. These weren't kids with some mild odd behavior. My favorite was Kenny the toilet flusher who would disappear from activities only to be found in the nearest bathroom, sitting on the floor next to the toilet, flushing it over and over while watching the water swirl down. I wonder if he grew up to be an expert on the Coriolis effect.
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