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The Bachelor Effect
Reminiscing about my bachelor days — and the frighteningly small amount of time I spent cleaning,...
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Welcome to the No Judgment Zone! Read these essays, diary entries, and snapshots of daily life written by ADDitude readers who are parenting children with ADHD, living with adult ADHD, and all of the above.
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Intense Parents of the World, Unite!
We try not to shout from the sidelines, but sometimes we do. Why? Our standards are high and our...
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On Becoming the Wife I Felt My Husband Always Deserved
“There’s a lingering ache — mostly low-level but sometimes almost unbearable — for how things might...
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“Dear Doctors: I Need You Tell Me There Is No Magic Cure”
“My mother told me I needed to create more structure. My aunt told me I needed to be present. Others...
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The Politics of Dad’s Screensaver
Take a look at my phone’s background photo, and you get an idea of which child is in my good graces...
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Hidden Steps: How Learning to Dance Shaped My ADHD Marriage
Before our wedding, my wife and I enrolled in a dance class. In the process, I learned to tango — and...
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“My Child Was Diagnosed at Age 3 — and Thank God She Was.”
Many clinicians insist that ADHD evaluations are worthless before age 5 or 6. But I knew something...
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“My Morning Is Crazier Than Your Morning”: The Mantra of ADHD Families
Morning is not a time for battles. It’s not a time for trying new routines or imposing new...
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Back to the Grind — for Good
After two years as the primary caregiver both before and after school, I recently started a new job...
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Our Fifty Dollar Toothpaste
Often, my kids’ ADHD misadventures are innocent and tame, if not a little trying on my patience....
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Not MY Child: My Slow, Stubborn ADHD Epiphany
“What I never realized until just now is this: By denying there was an issue — insisting that our son...
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My Daughter Is Gone. Her ADHD Soul Remains Restless and Loud.
No one knows for certain what happens after death. Yet everyone generally accepts the concepts of...