THROUGH THE EYES OF A CHILD WITH A.D.D.

Please tell me you love me, for I need to be accepted in your eyes.

Please let me know when I have done well, for I need to know thatsometimes I am like other children.

Please share some of your thoughts with me, for my intelligence isnot impaired.

Please learn all you can about my problem. I need understanding aswell as discipline.

Please bother to correct me and keep me in line as much as necessary.I cannot steer myself.

Give me your patience, because, although it takes me longer, I needto succeed just like all the other children.

Please make time in your day for me. I need to feel that attentionand affection are things you want to give. I will not go away if youpretend I am not there.

Remember that I am a complex person with many traits that are rightand fine. Please help me to see those things in myself. You are mymirror.

Please do not abuse me; for, although I need a firmer hand than most,I feel lost and alone when I see rejection in your eyes. I have nomotive, and all I can do is say, "I am sorry" over and over again.

Please remember that I love you, for you stand beside me day afterday in this confusing and frightening world. You are the reason I amnot alone.