'Many of the coolest things about him are either a part of his ADHD or a direct result of it. Here are seven of my favorites.' In a world where we're constantly being told our kids are defective, this is a refreshing read.
I would be lying if I said I never felt sorry for my son Lucas-OK, and for myself-because he has ADHD. These brief moments of pity usually come on the heels of a particularly trying morning, before his meds kick in. If you’re an ADHD parent, you are familiar with these mornings.ADHD
, he wouldn’t be Lucas. ADHD is as much a part of him as his chocolate brown eyes and his obsession with fighter jets. Many of the coolest things about him are either a part of his ADHD or a direct result of it. Here are seven of my favorites:If Lucas loves something, good luck pulling his attention away from it. Before we understood ADHD, we used to use the many examples of Lucas’s descent into hyperfocus as a reason to question his diagnosis. After all, what six-year-old builds a three-foot-high roller coaster out of K’nex in just two days? Six-year-olds with hyperfocus, that’s who.
These are just a few of the things I love about Lucas’s ADHD. It is so easy for parents to lose ourselves in the everyday battlefield of ADHD, to feel like our child might have missed out on a “normal” life as a result of having this disorder. But if we keep reminding ourselves of the many positives that accompany ADHD, we might come to the conclusion that “normal” really is just a setting on the washing machine.
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