Preface
It’s Always Darkest Before the Dawn
Then Comes a New Day

Energy
The Five-Year Plan
A Boy Who Couldn’t Wait
The Information Desk at the Center of the Mall
Click
Midnight Escape
What Was The First Clue?
Child Psychology 101
Doing
“Please Dad, Don’t Beat Me!”
Grandparents and Other Common Judges
How Am I Going to Raise this Child?
A Difficult Day
Help Arrives
Everyday Life with Nicholas
How Did We Cope?
My Name is Nick!
Déjà vu

Thoughts on School
Public School
Becoming Your Child’s Advocate
One Child, Two Parents, Two Nurses,

and One Phlebotomist Yeilds One Blood Sample

Steel Toed Shoes
Private School
The Lights Start to Come On
The How to Get Your Sanity Back Manual
To Medicate or Not Medicate, That Is the Question?
Thoughts on Medication
Medication: A Tool, Not A Cure-All
The Class
Are You Sick?
Footprints in the Grass
Time to Teach
Child Psychology 201 - Becoming a Teen
The Intelligence Cycle
Am I Smart Yet?

Values, Principles, and Public Pressure
Home Alone
Are You Sure We’re Talking About the Same Nick?
The Investment Club
The Investment Club: Revisited
Mowing Yard
A Time of Weakness
Another Change in Schools
The Report Card
Discipline and the Growing Teen
Times of Trouble
A New Day
I Must be Crazy
An Out-of-Body Voice
An Unexpected Call
Fish and Pizza
Time to Drive, Or Not
The Home-Schooling Years
Home School Philosophy 101
The Eagle Scout Project
Becoming Self-Reliant
The Jumping Off Point
Not Yet Ready for Prime Time
Alphabet Soup
Missionary Service
The Rest of the Story
Reflections
A Parting Story
About the Author

Introduction
Punishment
Time Out and How to Use It
Cost Contingencies
Rewards
Strategy Beginning a Compliance Program
Phasing Out of a Program
Learning Responsibility
Some Final Notes
About the Author

You will laugh and you will cry as Never a Dull Moment, touchingly recounts the experiences and insights of a father learning through the journey of raising an ADHD child. Guided by Christian principles and the wisdom of an experienced psychologist, Lon Stevens illustrates key approaches to parenting an ADHD child from birth to adulthood.

Touching on subjects such as discipline strategies, schooling choices, and medication options, Never A Dull Moment addresses issues with poignant honesty. Engaging vignettes provide glimpses into everyday ADHD life challenges and illustrate how guiding principles are applied in real situations. In learning to parent his ADHD son, the author realizes the deep frustrations of his growing up with undiagnosed ADHD. The author finds a joyful life and forgiveness through this journey.

The book includes a supplemental guide for addressing behavioral issues “If I Told You Once….” Developing Responsible Children by psychologist Dr. David Barnhart, EdD.