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Parents as Shepherds, Not Engineers

 ADHD in the News 2023-01-05


This article is adapted from Dr. Barkley’s videotaped presentation to the 10th annual ChADD convention, October 1997, San Antonio, TX. I have often viewed one aspect of my relationship with parents of children with ADHD as that of a guide, bringing to them the latest in scientific findings and demonstrating how they might be interpreted.

View Article: The ADHD Report, December 2022




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