The Citizens Commission on Human Rights recently educated parents on how to help children with “attention deficit” issues without the use of harmful drugs. The “lunch and learn” seminar was held at the Nashville Church of Scientology.

Dr. David Morris of Magnolia Medical Center gave a presentation covering five simple ways a parent can help their child overcome attention issues and achieve better mental health in general:

1) Make sure the child has good nutrition
2) Correct any vitamin or nutrient deficiencies
3) Discover and eliminate any food from their diets that they may be sensitive to
4) See that they get proper exercise
5) Get the help they need to study properly, so their attention isn’t so easily hijacked by other things when they are sitting in class.

“I’m not telling you it will be easy to change their diet or make sure they don’t play video games all day, but it’s worth it to help them achieve a better state of mental health,” said Dr. Morris in a release. He pointed out that the psychotropic drugs prescribed to children for attention difficulties have very dangerous side effects, so getting these five points applied is worth the effort.