-=> Quoting Marie Weidemann to Regina Finan <=-
 MW> Good for you...You realise what most other parents find out sooner or
 MW> later...each child is different and some react to medicines, food,
 MW> treats, etc. in a different manner...Each one of my 8 children is a
 MW> bit different from the other...3 are AD(H)D, one is ADD, the others
 MW> are "normal", (what ever that means) and they are different from each
 MW> other... 
 Yes a difficult road.  I'm not sure what is "normal" anymore as I have one
 that is not ADHD, but yet is very impulsive with money, imperfection and
 such.  Since ADHD runs rampant in our family, maybe I will never know
 what "normal" is.  Or is there such a thing?
 MW> One or two of them can't stand mashed potatoes...does that mean that
 MW> they were neglected?...or that I was a parent that didn't want to help
 MW> my child ...I don't think so...and I didn't feed any of my kids a lot
 MW> of sugar.. they were given home baked treats and I didn't use a lot of
 MW> sugar in the preparing of these treats ... and *still* 4 of them are
 MW> AD(H)D....the other 4 receiving the same foods are not....
 Yep, understand that.  Funny, you get a child with a disorder, then you
 start looking at what did I do to cause this.  It seems we look at every
 little thing we did.  Like I didn't eat breakfast that one morning.  Now
 its my fault.  They had a candy bar today, so therefore their behavior
 is related to that, even though they may have acted the same way for a
 week.  I'm glad I'm through with most of that.  Although every once in
 a while some guilt trip still creeps in.
 MW> So on the above observations of *my* family memebers, I can say that
 MW> for  *us* food played no part in helping or causing AD(H)D....
 Yep, got that one.  Well that's two of us here.  Wonder if we should take
 a poll on this one.  
 Regina
 
... "Yield to temptation, it may not pass your way again." - L. Long
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