ADHD: More of your life is in your hands than you think (opens in new tab)

You know the feeling. Something goes wrong — a missed deadline, a blowup at home, a friendship that fizzled — and the first thought is: if my parents had just done X, this wouldn't have happened. Sometimes that's fair. A lot of the time, it isn't. And here's the part nobody tells you: when everything is their fault, nothing is in your control.