Parents of Children with ADHD Support Group

I sympathise with your opinion whch is rather idealistic, but my own experience with a daughter - now 27 - with ADHD provides evidence that despite nurturing envirnonments and understanding parents, this condition just does not go away. It has been present since birth, and school was something she managed to survive. There has been a tremendous amount of research (see Wikipedia entry) and while there is some disagreement (as is the case with most research) it is clear something is going on. My life as a parent has not been what I imagined it to be, and it is always challenging. I can only guess you don't have a child with ADHD. But I am aways looking for great ideas and support to help me be the best parent I can be, so thanks for posting.

I agree with both posts above! I do know that if my son been given a school environment that did not discriminate against his disabilities - that he would have far exceeded where he is at now. BUT would that have eliminated his ADD? No it would not, but the nurturing environment and great parenting skills for those with children that have ADD - would have also helped us far more than it has. The school discrimination made us believe it was all in our heads and we just had a child acting out instead of giving us the testing that we asked for - for four years. Had we received the THOROUGH testing through the diagnostician and if society would acknowledge ADD and ADHD as the condition that it is - ALL of us here would be better off.

As a 40 year old with adhd & a parent of a child with adhd, I can say that it makes it so much easier to cope when you have a label for it. I found out years later that I wasn't the only one with the same disorder. It helps to be able to help my son cope & understand. i just thought I was stupid. I will never let our son go thru what I did. I remind him all the time thatbhe is smart and his brain just works differently. I see a much brighter for people with adhd!

Much brighter Future!

That's a really good point about making it easier when you have a name for it. People will label you anyway, but often incorrectly. If you have a legit issue, hopefully people are more understanding. It bugs me when people are prejudiced and think that these kids are just misbehaving. If a child has an obvious problem like blindness, we don't say they are not trying hard enough to see. Our kids have no more control over some of their behaviors. My son has 2 very involved, loving parents and has been in very supportive classrooms. We even moved him to an independent school for the last 2 years but we really didn't see the big improvements until we started the concerta. I used to be very much against medication, but I am much more open to things now. Parenting is a tough job, but so rewarding when things begin to go right. Keep it up