Theology and Parenting a Child with A.D.D.
I'm not going to start off by telling you any reason why I have the right to tell you these things. My thoughts should prove helpful regardless, I imagine. If I were talking to a group of parents who are struggling with the challenges of raising a child with A.D.D. here are some of the things I might say to them: Before I get into all the nitty gritty, I want to begin with a basic premise - seemingly so obvious that it might be redundant to state it, but I believe it is a foundational starting point from which to parent any child - or even to interact with any human being, and it is this: Your child was created by God, with His very fingerprints all over them. God stamped His own image, His own self, into the very person you deal with on a daily basis. Your child is created imago dei - in God's image, by God Himself. So we can all agree, God wanted your child to exist, and was intimately involved in the process of making and shaping this child. We can thank Him for t