| ADHD symptoms are pretty easy to write down in a | | | | exists in a vacuum. People talk about attention deficit |
| book, or explain as a definition. But beyond that, ADHD | | | | hyperactivity disorder as if there is nothing else going |
| and being easy don't ever belong in the same | | | | on in the world around this child or with his family. |
| sentence. In fact, there is nothing easy about ADHD as | | | | I just don't understand it. |
| a condition or diagnosis. | | | | We live in a complex world that places ever increasing |
| It is actually one of the most complex and | | | | demands on our attention and what we expect from |
| controversial conditions or diagnoses I have ever | | | | our children. Now, I'm not suggesting ADHD does not |
| worked with, or spoken about. | | | | exist. On the contrary, I really do believe in it. But, I also |
| As a matter of fact, I have never seen a child who is | | | | believe that children are incredibly complex in nature. |
| just struggling with ADHD. I have never consulted on a | | | | That's how they were designed. |
| case where ADHD was the only influencing or | | | | To try and understand a child with ADHD through the |
| contributing factor. Yet for someone, so many of my | | | | lens of everything is because of their ADHD is a gross |
| colleagues and other so called "experts" in the | | | | oversight and almost reaches neglect. |
| community try so hard to fit everything inside the label | | | | Children with ADHD might struggle with a lot of |
| ADHD. | | | | different things because of their symptoms. However, |
| Most People Get It Wrong | | | | this is just a small piece of the puzzle, and we must |
| Unfortunately, most books that are written and most | | | | not forget all the different influencing factors (that have |
| presentations on ADHD talk about the condition (or | | | | nothing to do with ADHD) that impact our children. |
| disorder depending upon what you believe) as if it | | | | |