Pierson Feeney: ADHD and Dance
When he was younger, 12-year-old Pierson Feeney “couldn't stop moving his feet,” his mother says. That inspired her to enroll him in a local dance class in Biloxi, Mississippi. Watch...
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I knew something was wrong,but I didn't know if I believed the ADHD diagnosis.As a parent, you automatically thinkthat it's your parenting skill.We had three other children that did not behave this way,so what was it that was different about Pierson?When I first started third grade,everybody else would focusand I would always be making noisesand I would always get yelled at for it,so I just wanted to quit everything.It's almost like beinglike a kite in a hurricane. (laughs)[Pierson] I had a lot of energy,but I really never knew how to use it.Pierson is always, when he's not happy about something,not getting his way, since he was small,he constantly clicks and shuffles his feet.And one day, it just occurred,we need to find something productiv...
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I knew something was wrong,but I didn't know if I believed the ADHD diagnosis.As a parent, you automatically thinkthat it's your parenting skill.We had three other children that did not behave this way,so what was it that was different about Pierson?When I first started third grade,everybody else would focusand I would always be making noisesand I would always get yelled at for it,so I just wanted to quit everything.It's almost like beinglike a kite in a hurricane. (laughs)[Pierson] I had a lot of energy,but I really never knew how to use it.Pierson is always, when he's not happy about something,not getting his way, since he was small,he constantly clicks and shuffles his feet.And one day, it just occurred,we need to find something productiv...
