On 02-16-97 19:10, Jerry Schwartz said to Stephen Kirkpatrick about 
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Warning:JS>[Feb 15, 97 - 05:44] Stephen Kirkpatrick of 1:396/17 wrote to Bob 
Moyla
SK> I had the "pleasure" of experiencing her coming at me with a knife 
SK> couple months after the wedding) because I didn't agree with her vi
SK> on certain issues. "Agree to disagree" is not in her vocabulary. Sh
SK> no reservations about holding a gun on me and five 
SK> deputy sheriffs a month 
SK> later. Were it not for the work I did trying to get the 
SK> DA's office to drop 
SK> the charges, she may well have been behind bars today. Yeah, Bob, s
SK> real sweetheart.  
SK> Bob, do you think this is pretty much indicative of 
SK> what I and many others will have to contend with when dealing 
SK>with citizens with ADD/ADHD?
JS>I certainly do not: I don't know what the problem with your 
JS>ex-wife is, but you aren't describing AD(H)D.
JS>Jerry Schwartz
Nor, Jerry, do I. There are numerous issues that haven't been addressed,
or questions asked, as it relates to my wife. The length of time it took 
the court to finally decide when to turn her son over to the state did not 
help her at all. She worked very hard over the years in learning more about 
ADD/ADHD not to mention living with ADD herself. She did a very good job, 
for the most part, when it came to raising the child and deserves credit for 
it. Her lack of support from her family did not help at all. When using the 
point system with her son, her family, who babysat the child after school, 
refused to co-operate with her on enforcemnet of the point system. It was 
in fair part through here, IMO, that he learned how to manipulate people. 
Due to her ADD, she had a hard time remembering her own points or penalties 
assessed for/against the child. Because of it, there were many times that she 
forgot to enforce them. This, IMO, is one other reason he was able to learn 
how to manipulate people. 
Jerry, I've had company in town for the past ten days or so and will for 
about another week. I'll be getting back to you and the rest of the 
onference
as soon as I can. Amongst other things, there are many things that Mark 
Probert has done for this conference and darn well deserves credit. 
He's shown, to me at least, his care and concern for ADD/ADHD'ers. It's 
been a learning experience for me these past 2 1/2 years as it relates to 
ADD/ADHD and Mark, through his many posts, is one of the parties who's made 
it a little easier for me.
Take care
Stephen
    
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