It’s not that I necessary look old. I don’t even recognize myself anymore. I look tired. I look rushed. I look like I’ve let myself go. Mom tells the realities of caring for others with special needs.
"I was just home with my son putting him down for a nap when a lady knocked on my door saying she was with Delaware County Child Protective Services and they were here to remove Ja’vonni from my care."
A friend asked me, "Would you send your college kid to school with Narcan?" As the opioid crisis rages on in America, parents are faced with a new reality.
"Am I ready to see my son become a young man? A young man who is perfectly okay to leave home and not be sad. He doesn't want to sleep in my bed anymore...I literally had to look away. Tears welled in my eyes."
This means that 70% of those medicated children had been misdiagnosed with ADHD, when they actually had a treatable form of sleep-disordered breathing.