num_pages: 344
description: An anthology of personal essays written by parents of children with ADD ADHD OCD PDD ASDs SPD PBD and/or other alphabet soup diagnoses that takes the already difficult job of parenting and adds to the challenge. These essays focus on honest feelings lessons learned epiphanies commonplace and extraordinary experiences. They are written by parents of toddlers young children teens and adult children; those who are in the parenting trenches now and those looking back on their parenting experiences. Topics how children came to be diagnosed the experience of dealing with problem behaviors in various contexts and settings experiences with/feelings about treatment (therapies medications alternative treatments) school (and other advocacy) experiences children's social interactions/friends and the effect of parenting a difficult child on a parent's emotional and physical health marriage and other relationships.
language: English
title: Easy to Love but Hard to Raise: Real Parents, Challenging Kids, True Stories
publisher: Drt Press