The Unexpected

Hamza being himself



Becoming a mother, you pray that your child will be born healthy, and live a full and happy life. Upon delivery, you count fingers and toes, look into your child's eyes, and feel an over whelming joy for new beginnings. Then they get older, and they're no longer cute and cuddly, and your worries begin.



At the Age of two, my son Hamza, became the center of attention. My husband and I thought, like any parent, that his over whelming, hyperactive behavior was nothing more than the "terrible two" stage. Unfortunately, that stage continued into the next year, and the next, and the next, with no sign of ever being sedated.



As Hamza turned five, we felt it was time to better understand our son's behavior. We thought we were the worst parents alive. We had no control over our son's behavior. Going out, even to a friends house was a disaster. We were constantly apologizing for Hamza's behavior. But the hyperactivity wasn't the worst of it. What concerned us the most was his thought process.



There was no thinking behind his actions. If he saw a cat he liked, he would go after it, even if it was in the middle of the street. His persistence was over whelming. You could tell him somethings over and over and he would never listen.



Now, this may sound like the behavior of any normal child, but when you combine the hyperactivity, the impulsive behaviors, and the persistence all in one, you realize something is wrong.