Friday, May 20, 2005

Update

Well for the one person who has read this I have a real webpage. This site will eventually move to www.freeguidance.net! I even have a person who emailed me so if is real I'm are off to a good start.

To answer a question posed to me, why does someone without kids think they can give parenting advice? Well that subject is admittedly one of my weak spots, so I will stick to ADD issues. Why am I qualified to give advice on that subject? I am seriously ADD, I came out ok (I my own opinion), and I remember what it was like to be a kid, so I know the adult's and child's perspective.
Besides a great deal of self discipline I think the secret to my success was that I was raised by someone with ADD. Since she understood how my mind worked better than most so she could help guide me, and knew what I was planning, etc. Since lots of people have ADD kids but aren't ADD themselves, the tricks are not obvious, and can save a lot of frustration on both sides.

I will close with a test for ADD: If your child tells you in all seriousness at a very young age that someone, generally a teacher is "stupid", ADD is a good bet.

How do you handle this. First off chances are they are right. In my case I was smarter than my first grade teacher but at the time she knew more. That is a key difference, to many ADD people "knowing more" is not linked to intelligence, since intelligence is inherent and knowledge can be gained. Keep this in mind and use this knowledge to your advantage, since you can gain the respect of you child by understanding this difference and showing that you have knowledge that they want or need, otherwise you might become one of the "stupid people". Good luck!

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