ENG-123 W53 pagesAssignment 2, Milestone 1: Draft (GRADED)This Assignment Should Be on The TopicIs Bad Parenting The Cause of Children with ADHD?Please read attached prior assignmentOkay—you've got

Activity 5-3 Thesis Statement

Southern New Hampshire University

6/2/19

My statements concerning the problems which are related to my work on this topic.

I will be addressing the issue which concerns the myth, which many people believe in, that bad parenting skills are the cause of ADHD in children. This is a great menace which usually leads to criticisms towards parents whose children get diagnosed with this predicament. My operation in this topic will be to give clear facts and details concerning this issue and ensure that I convince my target audience (Reynold, C. R., Vannest, K. J.,& Harrison, J. R., 2014).

My argument for this problem.

I will be denying the statement that parenting skills are the cause of ADHD in their progenies, which is false according to the reasons that I will be addressing in the following focuses.

The first reason why my audience should be convinced by my argument.

My first reason will be that the attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is afterbirth of brain damage or brain disorder which tampers with the ability of the child to perform specific tasks which he/she is asked to do. The brain injury can be caused by different circumstances such as a blow to the head, a tumour, at times, stroke or as a result of diseases which consequences to the disorder affecting the child. Although this cause of the disorder has only been perceived in a small percentage of the children who are diagnosed with ADHD, it is not considered as a significant cause of the disease as explained by the National Institute of Mental Health. It is also studied and found that some experienced symptoms of brain trauma are similar to those of ADHD.

The second reason why my audience should be convinced by my argument.

My second reason why parenting skills are not the cause of ADHD in their offsprings is that studies have shown that these children who have been diagnosed with the disorder have a slightly different brain structure to the people without when their brains are scanned (Denevi, T., 2014). A study showed that children with the disorder had a slower development rate in several parts of their mind. Before, three components were known, but in the recent scans, the other two new regions were detected. These sections of the brain that were observed to be developing slowly had significant implications for the child's emotions, impulse, attention and other intellectual purposes. When these regions are compared in children with ADHD and the ones without, with regards to size, the ones holding the disorder have smaller ones.

The third reason why my argument should persuade my audience.

My third reason is that ADHD can be genetic. In most cases, the condition is thought of as genetic since some genes that are inherited from the parents could be substantial factors in the development of the disease. In several instances, it is seen that the parents whose children have the condition also contain it. If not the parents, a close relative of the child might have had the disorder. The way this disorder is inherited, it is thought to be very complicated as some siblings may inherit it or lack it (Wender, P. H., & Tomb, D. A. 2016).

I am using my three reasons to write a thesis statement about my topic.

ADHD in children is not caused by bad parenting for the reasons that a brain injury or tumour can cause the disorder, the children with the disorder have a different brain structure compared to the ones without and finally because the disease can be inherited from the parents or a close relative of the affected patient (Gould, E. J., & Gould, J. 2015).

References:

Gould, E. J., & Gould, J. (2015). Thesis Statements and Conclusions: Writing in the Content Area. Teaching and Learning Company.

Wender, P. H., & Tomb, D. A. (2016). ADHD: A Guide to Understanding Symptoms, Causes, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Change Over Time in Children, Adolescents and Adults. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, USA.

Denevi, T., (2014). Hyper: A Personal History of ADHD. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster.

Reynold, C. R., Vannest, K. J.,& Harrison, J. R. (2014). The Energetic Brain: Understanding And Managing ADHD. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.