I realized with this program that I am not a bad parent
by Shawna P. (Child with ADHD and ODD)
( Poplar Grove, AR)
Alli, my little girl, she just would not do. Would not mind anything. I didn't want anybody coming in my house. I didn't even want to go to church. My kids were physically fist fighting in church and life was terrible. I mean, I was dealing with more than behavior. I was dealing with manic and just pure craziness.
About a year ago someone made a copy of our little Daily World newspaper that?s here and it was just an ad that said, "Is your child defiant?" And I called that day and I said, "Oh yeah, this is what I need. I need this program." And so I lived it day and night for about, it took me a week and a half because I had to have something immediate because I was desperate.
I realized with this program that I'm not a bad parent, I just was a parent who was ineffective. I have not just transformed my children's behavior, but, I mean, I have been transformed. When mom says something, they know that mom means it. And because immediately, it was so funny, the first day, my daughter's like, "What is wrong with you? You know, you don?t act like this." It?s like I got my child back. My beautiful daughter that I had loved but not liked for a long time. And now I can say that I love to be with her, and Saturday we were together, my husband and my little boy went hunting and she said, "Mom, you're the best." And that just made me feel so good. So, my whole life has been transformed and it started with this program.
We've learned to do laundry. We've learned to bake. I mean, all these things that I have never had time to do with her because there's always a problem. She even had a kid spend the night with her. It'd been years since anybody could come to my house and spend the night. They played games. I cannot tell you how wonderful; life is just incredibly one thousand percent better for me. I wish everybody, before they even had children, would visit the program. Because they're going to be so empowered and already know what I didn't. And hopefully never get in the things like I've been in.
