You've heard of the Pizza Hut Book-It program? It is also available for homeschoolers. You set a monthly reading goal for your child, and if he meets or exceeds it, he gets a free personal pan pizza (one pizza per month, Oct.- Mar.). Here is the Pizza Hut website you need to enroll your K-6 child for the 2010-11 program. Register through the end of June, 2010.
Did you see the article on ADHD and pesticides? Not good. I will never buy another non-organic strawberry! My ADHD son has eaten tons of strawberries every year since his birth. He also loves blueberries and every other berry, for that matter. I do wash all produce, but I wonder how much good that does.
It is indisputable that ADHD is highly heritable. One third of adult men with ADHD have at least one son with the disorder. Where does that leave chemical poisoning? Intriguing question.
I found other links after reading the main article. A 2008 study revealed that 28% of frozen blueberries tested positive for pesticide residue. 25% of fresh strawberries also tested positive. Celery was another offender.
We had to use a pesticide service in our home in California for a horrific ant problem. Peter was 3.5 years old when we moved out of that house. He began to display ADHD symptoms at about 3 - 3.5 years old. Most of the spraying was done outside; they only sprayed inside the first time. Other times, we had to use Raid indoors. The house was literally built on an ant hill!
When we looked at the vacant house before buying, we noticed a lot of dead ants on the window sills. Otherwise, it was a great house. I figured the ants had something to do with the unmarried man who lived in it. He was a fireman and had to leave the house a few days a week.
I was very wrong, and we learned a valuable lesson. Always look for ants when looking to buy a home. If the foundation is covered with them, the house will be infested too, most likely. Check the windowsills. It is so hard to share a home with ants! They were in every room in that house. I stayed away from pesticides until I was going out of mind, and then we prayed about it and decided to get help.
Thankfully, this house gets few ants. I love it for that reason alone!
P.S. I found yet another review on the Story of the World history books.
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