Self Esteem: The Commonsense Truth

Last week’s Substack closed with “I’ve been often accused of ‘blaming parents’ for ADHD. I plead not guilty. I believe ADHD behaviors have exploded to epidemic proportions since the 1960s because, beginning in the latter years of that interesting decade, America’s mental health industry successfully marketed a radically new, anti-traditional parenting paradigm to America’s parents. The paradigm in question both ENABLED child misbehavior and DISABLED parents’ ability to respond effectively. How, exactly, did the new paradigm so disable? I will take up THAT very question in next week’s essay. Stay tuned!” End quote. And so, here I go.