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Peer Pressure in General, with ADD or ADHD and Celebrity Influence

March 26th, 2010 · 8 Comments · 01 My Thoughts, Myths about ADD ADHD, News about ADD ADHD, Parenting ADHD Children

 

People of all ages are going to fall to peer pressure, both the good and the bad kind. Yes, there is a good kind of peer pressure, which will enable a person to achieve something better for themselves and possibly for a group. Then there is the bad kind of peer pressure which usually involves getting into some kind of mischief or doing something which one will eventually regret. There are plenty of definitions out there, so I am not going to try and explain all of the types and ways peer pressure exists.

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Advice I give to young people, students, teenagers, kids and children with ADD or ADHD

February 21st, 2010 · 5 Comments · 01 My Thoughts

There’s a certain question or group of questions which are basically the same that I get asked time and time again. The questions are: “What would you tell your younger self if you could go back in time?” – “What message do you have for the youth today suffering from ADHD?” – “What’s the one thing you would tell a student that would help them achieve academic success…?” And many more, but in the end the answers I give relate to all young people with ADHD, regardless of how the question is phrased:

1) Do not rely on trial and error alone.

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