Only a Mother could love him! The success story from an ADD teen

Why I did not want to write the book was that I was sick and tired of always being looked upon as that ‘crazy little child’ who seemed to be a burden on everyone. My school life was hell, not just for me, but for my parents as well. Not to mention the teachers who I challenged every day in the classroom. I hated the fact that I was different and at times even hated myself for who I was and what I was doing.

When gathering my research material from the many schools where I was a student I was embarrassed by a lot of the terrible things I had done. But at the time I did not know what I was doing. I was often confused, not understanding what I was doing. This caused a lot of depression in my early school days. As I got older it became a lot easier to deal with my problem. I overcome it in a number of ways including medication and self-taught techniques that I discuss in my book.

Looking back on my short life at the age of nineteen now, it all seems like a far away story when I recall these things in my life. I still have no idea why I did these things that normal society sees as abnormal. If you or your child has ADD you will understand what I mean when I say abnormal behaviour — those fits of anger and impulsive behaviour that are unleashed on family members seem to have no reason or specific purpose. This must be very hard for parents to deal with and understand why their child is behaving in this abnormal manner. I hope my book will help people understand why your child acts in this uncontrolled way.

It always seems to surprise people when I tell them things about my life at school and home. They often look at me with amazement and even confusion. I believe this is because now I do not act like a freak as my sister called me. However, I can understand where this confusion comes from. If you said to my parents when I was ten, ‘Your son will pass Year twelve and pass it well’, they would probably have bet their house that this would not have happen. Or that their child would go on to university and write a book — they would have probably bet their life on that not happening. Well, it did and my book will tell you about this remarkable turnaround in my life and I hope it will help your child achieve the best results possible.

The strategies that I developed to help me, I believe, are invaluable in my remarkable turnaround from very possibly ending up in a child detention centre.  To finally finishing school after attending six different ones to making it to university. I will discuss a number of issues in this book, including picking the right school for your child and the teacher if possible. This is of great concern to me because I went to six schools and I know what works and what doesn’t. I will talk about other areas: parenting techniques including anger management; homework, which can be basically impossible for some parents; discipline and what works and what will never work. I know my parents tried everything: medication, which is always a hot topic in the ADD network; relationships between parents and siblings and the child with ADD. These are just a handful of issues that I will discuss. I hope that you will find this book useful in the management of your child and I believe you will. I wish you and your child the greatest success in overcoming this problem.

Best Wishes

Benjamin Polis

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