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Edison Gene [Hardcover]

Thom Hartmann (Author)

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Hardcover: 1 pages
Publisher: INNER TRADITIONS INTL (Oct 30 2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0892811285
ISBN-13: 978-0892811281
Product Dimensions: 23.5 x 16.1 x 2.3 cm
Shipping Weight: 522 g

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Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #358,168 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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In his new work, the author, a former psychotherapist who has written previously on attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (Attention Deficit Disorder: A Different Perspective), recommends techniques for raising children diagnosed with this condition. Although many of the specific strategies will be very useful to parents raising ADHD children, too much of the text is devoted to complex genetic and evolutionary theory. According to Hartmann, ADHD is a trait (referred to here as the Edison gene, because the inventor Thomas Edison is believed to have had the trait) rather than a disorder, because it once provided useful skills for functioning in a hunter-gatherer society. The hunter abilities contrasted sharply with the farmer trait, which carried the skills required in farming societies. For example, hunter children have a short attention span, beneficial in a dangerous world where the environment had to be constantly monitored. The innovative but impatient hunter child is usually placed in special ed classes and is looked on as a disciplinary problem; but Hartman believes that ADHD children should be thought of separately. He provides specific guidelines for parents, partly based on the work of Alfred Adler, which encourage mutual respect between parent and child. Hartmann is not an advocate of drug therapy, and he argues for educational reform and alternative schools or home schooling as better learning situations for ADHD children. Hartmann believes that creative outside-the-box thinking, characteristic of those with ADHD, is a real asset to solving many of the world's serious problems.
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"Once again, with tireless scholarship and a bit of poetry, Thom Hartmann helps take us to the edge of knowing ourselves, our brains, and our world."

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent!!, April 16 2004

Shirley Nutt (California) - See all my reviews

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One of the best things that came out of reading this book was that it made me realize I don't need to force my child to conform to the norm. The most important thing I can do is foster my son's interests and support him in his endeavors. I found the way the author described the origins of the Edison Gene through examples of evolution and climate changes was fascinating. I highly recommend this book to anyone dealing with a bright child having problems in school (especially those that have been diagnosed as ADHD) and also adults investigating their own diagnosis of ADHD. (...)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Marvelous insight, April 10 2004

Arnold V. Loveridge (Sacramento, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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Hartmann has brought in so many resources and background material to make the case fo the value and purpose of ADHD that one is almost jealous of families who have such a child. If, as he reports, the world was once much less predictable and favored hunter-gatherers over farmers then having the ability to "pay attention to everything at once", which is part of his definition of ADHD, would make a lot of sense. In addition to information from natural history, Hartmann quotes extensively from research on the effects of genes and how some of them are "turned on" by the environment so that it is truly possible to have a combination nature-nuture effect that is wholy based on genetics. I found the book exciting and informative.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Reframing ADD/ADHD as A GOOD THING, Feb 25 2004

Robert Kall "Rob Kall of Opednews.com" (Newtown, PA) - See all my reviews
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Edison was ADD. SO were many of the people who contributed to making the world the good place it is. This book portrays a very different picture of people with ADD, going so far as to suggest that the gene that is associated with ADD was also the gene that led to the creation of civilization. Tell that to a kid whose recently been diagnosed with ADD or ADHD who is feeling bad about having a defective brain, as some misled people conceive. This book gives a perspective on ADD/ADHD that will boost an ADDer's self esteem rather than harm it. It shoud be required reading for all teachers.

Thom Hartmann's books are extraordinarily inspiring and uplifting. If you haven't read Prophet's Way, Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight, Unequal Protection, and World's Greatest Secret, all books not related to ADD, then you're missing something. Also check out his talk show at thomhartmanndotcom.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome as always
As always, Hartmann has written a book that gives encouragement and hope for those of us who are ADD/ADHD. Read more

Published on Feb 22 2004 by An ADDult

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In this book, Thom logically progressed up what the former California Senator S.I. Hayakawa called the abstraction ladder. Read more

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