Dr. William (Bill) Dodson

You want it.

You desperately need it when you are growing up.

Rather than criticizing you when you're overwhelmed and all these ADHD things that you've been suppressing all day come out, when they get home, they're out of school and let down, and that's when parents see it.

Rather than asking, what's wrong with you?

How can I help?

Now, I see you're a good person.

And you're just dealing with more than you can handle right now.

How can I help?

You're not leaving the kid alone with it.

You're not blaming them.

You're saying, this can get better.

And as a parent, I'm going to read about the issue, about what works and what doesn't.

And a lot doesn't.

All of a sudden, that totally changes the dynamic on the child.

you're actually, and again, I refuse this important advice, it's therapeutic.

Somebody is going to get better, or at least not worse, if you have that type of response.

Now, I've always been interested in the people I don't see, people with ADHD.

I have rip-roaring ADHD.

But

seemed to be well-adjusted, happy, had good, solid marriages, raising good, healthy kids.