[matthew_the_brain]

ADHD should be relabeled DADD.......Dad Attention Deficit Disorder. Most of these poor kids suffer from lack of a Dad's presence in the home, either the old man is working too much, or simply an incompetent boob. I have read many studies that show that 'ADHD' mysteriously disappears when someone, like a Dad, spends quality time with the poor kid.


ADHD is a fraud, sold mostly to single moms, and other dysfunctional family types.

[FourPeas]

ADHD should be relabeled DADD.......Dad Attention Deficit Disorder. Most of these poor kids suffer from lack of a Dad's presence in the home, either the old man is working too much, or simply an incompetent boob. I have read many studies that show that 'ADHD' mysteriously disappears when someone, like a Dad, spends quality time with the poor kid.

ADHD is a fraud, sold mostly to single moms, and other dysfunctional family types.

Interesting view. Incredibly ignorant, but interesting. For my ADHD son, here are the facts:

1) His dad comes home each day around 6pm and spend the entire evening with his sons. He gives them their baths and reads them bedtime stories EVERY night. He very rarely works weekends.

2) Each Saturday morning he takes them somewhere: to The Guy Store, to get their haircut, to grandmother's house, wherever, so I can have some time alone. In the afternoons, we work on house projects together. Currently my husband and the boys are finishing our deck.

3) From the time they were infants, if either one of them needs something in the middle of the night, he helps them. When they were very young, he would change their diapers and then I would feed them. He spends time, quality and quantity, with our sons.

4) Our family is far from dysfunctional. My husband works; I stay home and educate our children. We live in an "average" neighborhood in a small town in the midwest.

5> My husband works in IT security. Last Monday he was given an award by the RSA for The Best Security Practice of the Year (yes, and he still came home by 6pm weekdays). Recently he was featured in an article in Network Fusion. He's far from an incompetent boob.

Keep in mind that prior to having and living with my son, I was very skeptical about the whole ADD/ADHD thing. Until you've been "here", I can understand how it can be hard to believe. However, simply because you don't understand something is no reason to make blantantly ignorant statements.