Seems like all my older male relatives are developing mental type disabilities

[RicROC]

3. And I wonder about what I see in the younger children.

As a healthcare professional I seem to find many kids in the grades 3-7 seem to lack perception(?)- is that the right word?

At a family dinner I once asked the group if ALL the kids nowadays have ADHD ? The teachers didn't say anything but simply smile and nod their heads in agreement.

As an example I recently asked a typical question during case history, 'so what grade are you in now?' The 7th grader just looked at me, then looked at the ceiling without saying anything. So, I repeated the question again...this time the boy replied, 'nothing'.
(Many people may not realize that taking case history is also a way to assess the persons mental capacity, presence, mood, in addition to discover health history)

This time I asked, "you're in nothing grade?" To this question he seemed to snap out of his mental fogginess to tell me he was in 7th grade.

So to answer this simple question, this took 1-2 minutes. Can you imagine how more difficult questions take or what then what might happen is that the parent takes over answering the rest of the questions.

For a 7th grader? I don't get it.