Misunderstood Minds
From Catherine at A Week In the Life of a Redhead:
What really helped me early on with Brian was a special by PBS: Misunderstood Minds.
I had my son look at one of the classroom scenarios. He looked at me and said, "Mom, that is exactly what is is like for me." It broke my heart, because I had this window into his world at school and realized how brave he is - to face school every day when it appeared that way. From that moment on I made it my mission to help him understand his way of seeing the world and dealing with surviving in it.
Please do not think that I judge parents who choose to drug their kids. It is their willingness to share their brave stories about medicating their child that helped me develop my own solutions for Brian. I do believe there are kids who benefit from drug therapy. I have Hashimotos disease and know what a difference the right thyroid medication has made in my life ... so who would I be to judge another parent for trying all therapies for their child? I just want those parents who choose not to do the drugs that it can turn out ok.
