'We’ve spent a lifetime being berated: about our disorganization, our lack of common sense, our in-and-out memory. We’ve been berated so often that we’ve internalized it. We don’t need a parent or teacher to tell us any more; their words are now our own.'
A dunce cap in a classroom represents the shame many children with ADHD feel over being called stupid.
“It’s just a mistake,” he said. “The ATM will eat the card.” I cried for a half hour, and, based on my ranting, my seven-year-old drew me a card that read: “Mama, your are not anThe next morning, while stopped at a red light, I found my ATM card turned upside down under three pairs of sunglasses on the center console of my car. I’d looked there at least twice. I would have cried again if I weren’t so grateful.They’re upsetting, incidents like these.
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