| Many parents struggling to raise children with | | | | society tells parents to do-get their children to |
| ADHD find themselves debating the importance of | | | | listen. |
| an ADHD support group, first because everyone | | | | IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT! |
| today seems to make it their personal mission to | | | | The primary purpose of an ADHD support group |
| stuff their schedule as full of work and activities | | | | is to help parents leave that guilt and that sense |
| as possible and therefore they couldn't possible | | | | of isolation behind and begin to enjoy being |
| have time, and secondly because they don't want | | | | parents again. Talking to other parents of children |
| to admit that they were "that" parent-the one | | | | with ADHD will do more to reassure you that you |
| that couldn't cope with their child's ADHD. | | | | are not a complete and total failure as a parent |
| What these parents don't realize is that when it | | | | than any amount of literature (this article included) |
| comes to raising a child with ADHD, we're all "that" | | | | ever could. Once you realize you're not alone, and |
| parent. There is no one on earth who is exempt | | | | that there are hundreds of parents just like you |
| from the stress of raising a child with ADHD, | | | | at their wit's end by bedtime all over the world, |
| from the strain of having a child running on all four | | | | you'll quickly be able to leave your guilt behind and |
| blasters all day long and demanding their | | | | move forward into building a future. |
| exhausted parents keep up with them to the | | | | The second purpose of an ADHD support group is |
| constant battle of wills that seems to be the | | | | to teach you strategies for coping with ADHD. |
| inevitable result of trying to curb their behavior. | | | | Through the help of other parents just like you |
| These things can wear down a parent until they | | | | you'll learn the best methods of helping your child |
| feel as though they have found the straw that | | | | succeed in school, control their symptoms and |
| broke the camel's back, and that someone is tap | | | | have the opportunity to live as normal a life as |
| dancing on it. | | | | possible. You'll also begin to appreciate the benefits |
| This is where an ADHD support group comes in. | | | | of ADHD. There are many, many celebrities that |
| ADHD doesn't exist to offer a safety net for | | | | attribute their success to the tenacity and |
| parents who can't deal with their child's disorder, | | | | boundless energy resulting from their ADHD, |
| because there IS no parent that can deal with | | | | proving that it can be a blessing as well as a |
| their child's disorder alone. Parents of children with | | | | burden. |
| ADHD often feel terribly alone as they watch | | | | ADHD is not an easy disease to live with, and it's |
| their friends walk down the street with their quiet, | | | | going to touch every part of your life before it's |
| docile child trotting happily behind them while theirs | | | | all said and done; however, with the help of an |
| climbs over, under, around and through every | | | | ADHD support group you can learn the best way |
| object in their path. They feel like a failure as a | | | | to live with ADHD and enjoy being a parent again. |
| parent, because they can't do the one thing that | | | | |