Sunday, February 12, 2012

The Many Faces of ADHD - One Mother's Story

  I received an email from a woman, the mother of a 25 year old son with ADHD, Learning Disabilities and Bipolar Disorder. The story is about what happens when parents must make hard decisions, decisions they never envisioned having to make as a parent. Although not really her name, I'll call h...
5/14/08 11:15pm

Boy, that was a tough one to get through. I'd hoped for a happy ending.

 

There are good lessons to be learned here. As much as we love our children, there comes a time, as adults, that we sometimes have to let go and let them fly- or fall. In this case, Mary did everything she possibly could to help her son, but he wasn't ready to take on the responsibility of getting the proper help.

 

But I am betting that he would be worse off had she allowed him to stay at her house.

 

I hope he finds his way, gets the help he needs, and blossoms.

 

Thanks for sharing, Eileen.

 

Terry

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