Parents

Good Dad Bad Dad

It’s fathers day and not every ADHD kid has a good relationship with their dad like I do, so when I saw this poem I thought I would share to maybe help dads who are having a hard time connecting to their ADHD kids. Hey, we are not the easiest kids you could have created, but we are yours.

Good Dad Bad Dad, who will you be?
Open your ears and listen to me.
You had the power to make me.
Your words and your actions can also break me.
What do you want and what do you need?
Of your sons or your daughter so you can breathe?
So you look good, proud and tall is missing the point.
A good dad is love, acceptance and strength.
To defend and protects, to love with your soul.
Don’t criticize me or the siblings I share.
That’s not love, it’s not even fair.
Because love is, “I like you just the way you are”,
“how are you doing”? and “I’ll always be there.”
There to share love, laughter and dance.
There to share challenge, sadness and pain.
There to share growth, abundance and fame.
When you judge me you are judging yourself.
The traits that I have were your gift to me.
What kind of dad do you want to be?

Anonymous

Happy fathers day to all dads big and tall, short and small, ADHD kids dads are the best of them all….. hang in there with us , we are worth it.

~jeff

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Jeff Rasmussen

[content-block title="Meet Jeff Rasmussen" color="orange"] Age: 18 City: Langley, BC Diagnosed with ADHD in Grade 7 Biggest Dream: I want to change the world for younger kids like me who are punished daily for having ADHD. Fave Class: Mechanics "I've got the plans in my head for a motorized scooter with a gas-powered engine that I'm actually capable of building." ADHD Superpower: "If I'm determined to do something, literally nothing can stop me. Nothing. Not bribes, not bullets... nothing." Fave Food: Hashbrowns (the kind you buy frozen, in a bag) Career Goals: Telecommunications Guru Life-Changing Event: Winning the WDS Scholarship for Real Life School Achievement: Completing Math & Socials 10 in just 8 weeks this summer. "School's like 99% fluff. Summer school is that, minus the fluff." Biggest Struggle: Even though I take medication I still have trouble staying on task, doing boring homework, remembering not to swear when I am angry or staying still through assemblies. (That's where some of my strategies come in.) [/content-block] [content-block title="An Average Kid with ADHD" color="purple"] My ADHD has been really bad and given me every bad experience you can imagine for a kid. Before medication teachers took away my recess, my gym classes, they put me in the hall, I have been suspended from school, and I never did my work because even though my tests say I’m “gifted” I couldn’t do it. When I first learned I had ADHD I was so happy that I wasn’t bad or broken, it had a name and an explanation for what was going on. [/content-block]