Inspired By Challenges

AD/HD Awareness Week finishes tomorrow. This year it ran from September 14th – 20th. I found myself really thinking this week about all the underlying challenges we all face in our life. When Dr. Pam and I first wrote Little Jake Learns to Stop, it was with the mission of helping kids and families coping with AD/HD learn new strategies and to give form to some of the everyday difficulties children with AD/HD face. We received resounding approval for our depiction of AD/HD and several thank you notes from parents who had simply forgotten to recognize the determination their children with AD/HD have everyday just to accomplish some of the “simple” things. It was a reminder to many to have patience and use compassion first.

My core belief, my true mission, and Michelle’s too, is to make sure as a global community we recognize that Every Kid Shines…every child is a gift. And sometimes…the lessons they bring aren’t for them. We have to be open to the possibility that it is us, the parent, the teacher, the friend - that needs to change and grow.