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4.12 AVERAGE
4.12 AVERAGE
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
“If we can actively love, there will be no attention deficit and no disorder.”
What an ABSURD statement. This book started off interesting enough but it didn’t take long for it to completely fall into bizarre, parent bashing drivel. The author spends chapter after chapter essentially blaming mothers for their children having ADHD. There is little to no discussion of genetics, the gut biome, biochemicals, neurotransmitters, etc that also contribute heavily to this disorder.
The author is very contradicting as well, goes a bit like this:
- discusses repeatedly how bad parenting can cause ADHD
- says ALL his kids have ADHD but grew up in a good environment
- says environment doesn’t cause ADHD anymore than genes do
- discusses repeatedly how bad parenting can cause ADHD
This author also talks as if he knows the story of every ADHD person with generalized statements like “this feeling.. NO ONE with ADHD is without it”. Really? No one? Guess I’m no one then.
There is also a huge sense of privilege displayed in this book. There are many quotes showing this but I’ll summarize. Basically, if you would need to put your kid in daycare, you should just quit your job. House in a high crime area? Move. Not getting proper nutrition? Buy better food. Stressed? Stop.
As a health care professional and someone whose life has been extremely disrupted by ADHD, this book is so disappointing and frustrating. Many people already do not take ADHD seriously and this book isn’t helping anything.
What an ABSURD statement. This book started off interesting enough but it didn’t take long for it to completely fall into bizarre, parent bashing drivel. The author spends chapter after chapter essentially blaming mothers for their children having ADHD. There is little to no discussion of genetics, the gut biome, biochemicals, neurotransmitters, etc that also contribute heavily to this disorder.
The author is very contradicting as well, goes a bit like this:
- discusses repeatedly how bad parenting can cause ADHD
- says ALL his kids have ADHD but grew up in a good environment
- says environment doesn’t cause ADHD anymore than genes do
- discusses repeatedly how bad parenting can cause ADHD
This author also talks as if he knows the story of every ADHD person with generalized statements like “this feeling.. NO ONE with ADHD is without it”. Really? No one? Guess I’m no one then.
There is also a huge sense of privilege displayed in this book. There are many quotes showing this but I’ll summarize. Basically, if you would need to put your kid in daycare, you should just quit your job. House in a high crime area? Move. Not getting proper nutrition? Buy better food. Stressed? Stop.
As a health care professional and someone whose life has been extremely disrupted by ADHD, this book is so disappointing and frustrating. Many people already do not take ADHD seriously and this book isn’t helping anything.
challenging
informative
reflective
medium-paced
Interesting but maybe more useful to parents and clinicians. Since he said adhd is something that you can grow to be less negatively impacted by, I was most interested in understanding what he thought was necessary for that in the self parenting sections and that section was one of the weakest in the book and read like useless platitudes -- be spiritual, exercise, go outside, clean your room, etc.
I appreciated that it was written by someone personally impacted by ADHD. I appreciated reading the personal anecdotes about his early years. I don't think I necessarily believe that if we all received ideal parenting there would be no ADHD.
I appreciated that it was written by someone personally impacted by ADHD. I appreciated reading the personal anecdotes about his early years. I don't think I necessarily believe that if we all received ideal parenting there would be no ADHD.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Medical content
Moderate: Addiction, Antisemitism
Minor: Child abuse
challenging
hopeful
informative
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informative
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informative
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This book is probably telling the story of people like me that have been diagnosed with ADD as an adult (recently) and thanks to this book my life struggles now makes sense.
If you have ADD or do have relationships with people with ADD, this book is a must. Understanding ADD is crucial to the “healing” process.
If you have ADD or do have relationships with people with ADD, this book is a must. Understanding ADD is crucial to the “healing” process.
It was good. A lot about how parents can raise kids with ADHD. I read this for myself as an adult so that was a little less applicable for me.
informative
reflective
medium-paced
medium-paced