Driven to Distraction #4

As I have continued to read this book I have found so many similarities to these situations occurring with kids and their families through the different short stories to my life. ADD can have many affects on families which can lead to several arguments that are created stemming from this learning disability. One quote that really seemed to stick with me as they gave a concrete example of ADD stating, "You don't mean to do the things you do do, and you don't do the things you mean to do"(127). I found this quote very powerful to me because I feel the same way as I do some things I don't mean to do which can lead to arguments with my friends and family and then think to myself why I did them. With ADD it may cause people to say some things they never mean to say, but have trouble in some situations as you can't take back what you say. This can cause people to be irrational in some situations and will start may arguments which can be very bad for friends and families. When kids with ADD are never diagnosed are off their medicine it will cause them to act in these types of ways and can move families into different directions as it could build them stronger by working through the problems together, or detrimental when arguments are blown up which lead to many issues in the family. The issue is that relationships among close ones can be impacted negatively to those with ADD if kids don't get help with this problem.