Reasons to help your kid understand ADHD Hello everyone and welcome back to my blog. I hope you're enjoying my posts as much as I like writing them. The reason I'm writing about parents helping their kid(s) with their ADHD is because I wish someone would've helped me understand more about it when I was diagnosed. And to be honest, nobody told me or said anything about it until I was 17 yrs old! All I knew is that I have a learning disability and that's it. I made so many impulsive mistakes in my life it's not even funny. I look back at all the mistakes I made and I'm suprised I got this far. I never took a second to think about the consequences before jumping into a bad decision head first. If I had thought about the outcome on all the shit I've done, my life would probably be a lot better than it is now. If only I could turn back the hands of time I would in a heartbeat! The biggest mistake that hurts the most is that I pissed away my dreams ...