So I have 4 sons (gasp)…. and we’re the same mom and dad bringing up the babies right? But wait what happened when son #3 arrived? My smug observations of contemporaries whose kids refused to go to bed on time, threw tantrums and just refused to behave in company.. could it be they were not bad parents after all? Because now I was living in their world. Routines? Schmootines… nothing worked honey. Now I was the mom that people “tut tutted” at in supermarkets… I was the “ineffectual parent”.
Well now parents of children who cannot concentrate, are prone to fidget and act impulsively may for the first time be able to escape criticism of their child-rearing skills, after scientists announced that attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a genetic condition. link to read more
Source: The Independent
