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Nobody wants to admit their kid is struggling. You keep telling yourself it's a phase. That all kids go through this. That next week will be different. And then next week comes and honestly it's the same, maybe a little worse, and you're lying awake at 2am wondering...

There is a particular kind of exhaustion that comes from spending your whole life working harder than everyone around you just to keep up with things that seem to come naturally to them. Conversations that others float through without thinking. Social situations you...

Nobody wakes up one day and decides to get assessed for ADHD on a whim. Usually there is a long road before that point. Years of missed deadlines. Report cards that said "not reaching potential." Relationships strained by forgetfulness. Jobs that started well and...

Let's be honest. If you have spent most of your adult life being told you have potential but just need to apply yourself, that gets old fast. You know you are capable. You feel it. But somewhere between intention and follow-through, things fall apart — and they have...

Think back to school. Maybe you were the kid who stared out the window while the teacher explained something important. Or maybe you were the one who stayed up until 2am trying to start an essay that was due the next morning — not because you didn't care, but because...

Last month a mother sat in the Compass Clinic waiting room — a trusted child mental health clinic Vancouver families rely on — with her eight-year-old son. She’d spent six months telling herself he was just going through a phase. Adjusting to a new school. Missing his...