Hi - My name is Mary M. Ernsberger, also known as the No-Nonsense Nana.  I started out, over 20 years ago, searching for answers, for knowledge, to help my son, to help me – as a parent – and to help other families out there. No child, parent, or family should feel threatened to ‘fall in line’ with the status quo. I was a single mom raising 3 amazing authentic children - just doing the best that I could with the information I had available to me, like many of you reading this right now.  All I wanted to do was to raise happy, healthy children – and I thought I was.  Then, my youngest son was labeled with ADHD, after a 15-minute interview, and that all changed.   

This label led to a decade of judgment from teachers, administrators, and bullying from classmates. Despite his IEP, his strengths were overlooked, his weaknesses were ignored, all leading to an educational disconnect. For example, in 5th grade, he excelled in reading, testing at an 11th grade level outside of school, yet he was placed in remedial reading classes and being told that was impossible because he had ADHD.

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