Has Europe found a natural remedy for attention deficit and hyperactivity disorders?
DSHS, Cologne, GE, Jan 9th, 2007 (For Immediate Release) Two years ago, Time Magazine said the Glider Rider pedal-free bike concept was a “BEST IDEA OF THE YEAR. Today wee ones in Germany have graduated from “pedal-free bikes to regular bikes” and from pre-k and kindergarten to go on to much bigger things! In Elementary schools across this European nation, researchers have found children in the two to five year old age range who learned how to balance, coordinate and operate a new kind of pedal-free, balance learning bike called the Glider Rider, show greater intellectual ability, can concentrate on tasks better and for longer periods of time. We’ve all heard the kids aren’t doing so swell in America. Persuasive research shows children are heavily over-medicated for attention deficits, challenges and disorders. Not in Germany. In Cologne, researchers at the German Sports University are just beginning to record the intellectual advantages bestowed on first adopters of pedal-free bikes l
