[Superman]

Teachers are pretty quick to suggest meds. Based on the stories told about me when I was a child, there is no question whatsoever that I would have been diagnosed with ADHD. Maybe I am/was. A psychologist recently seemed convinced I am ADD. He suggested Aderol.

No thanks. I've been on a few meds over the past several years and have come to the conclusion that "Ya play the hand yer dealt." I don't care for the side-effects, and the meds create a moving target.

Still, doctors can help and teachers can also help. But most certainly, a parent HAS to take an active role in ushering the child through the maze of social, medical and educational high-speed hairpin turns that we call "childhood." I dunno if you guys remember it, but childhood was not a bus ride. It was a Baja 500-style road rally on an overpowered hard tail motorcycle. Get through that, and the rest is cake.