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A Blog by Lyle Hatcher, co-author of Different Drummers

 

lyle arguing with a fishAs I travel, talking to folks about the book Different Drummers, I am amazed at how there isn’t a week that goes by that I don’t hear, “My child or grandchild is hyperactive, can you tell me what to do?”
It is a concerned and urgent tone looking for an ear. There is some commonality in each story, but the outcome, the future, and the uniqueness of each child always fascinates me.

Several times a  week I will share the short stories, the blueprints, and the different tools from my “Tackle Box” that I have heard from parents, teachers, doctors and grandparents on how they have worked and struggled to mold our miracles.

Mar 13, 2010, Way to go, Lyle!

I enjoyed Different Drummers primarily for its portrait of Lyle and the responses of the adults in his life to his extra energy and activity. The parents

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Mar 13, 2010, A Complete Reading Experience

This book should be mandated reading for all future teachers. The authors managed to place the reader right into the lives of the characters. I experienced

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Mar 11, 2010, Heartwarming!

Different Drummers is a heartwarming story of two unlikely friends. It gives great insight into what it feels like to be a hyperactive child in 'normativel'

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Mar 5, 2010, Valentine

Valentine's day is about one thing. It is not about cards, chocolate, gifts, and dinner. Valentine's day is not about exotic trips, jewelry, back rubs,

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Mar 5, 2010, Rattlesnake

Not long ago I was taking an old friend of mine, Mary Lou, fishing at Coffee Pot lake. The lake is out in the middle of nowhere surrounded by scrub, basalt,

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Mar 5, 2010, Alzheimer's

Yesterday I was driving around the north side of town searching for a particular address. I turned into a retirement facility parking lot to turn around

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Mar 5, 2010, Pillage

I sat down with a friend of mine the other day for lunch. Before the meal arrived he took out a pill tin. It was a colorful sight with blue, red, orange,

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Mar 5, 2010, Dog-gone!

Ricky was a Jack Russell Terrier. Ricky lived in a house. Ricky used the living room for a toilet. Ricky was put in the bathroom one day because he was

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Feb 13, 2010, DIFFERENT DRUMMERS

I loved this book and have recommended it to many of my friends. It is well written, fast moving and captures your heart for this young boy. Marilyn

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Feb 2, 2010, Harnessed Energy

As Mrs. Evans walked though the department store, a number of parents were dismayed to see her three-year old was on a dog harness. He was tied to the

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Jan 30, 2010, I Get By With A Little Help From My Friends

It's a dog eat dog world out there. Everyone's trying to claw their way to the top. To keep afloat we all have to kick in. Best friends stick together,

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Jan 29, 2010, Raconteur - story teller

So the other day I was taking a nice refreshing swim when an elephant came along and threw me in the air. What? You don't believe me? Tell your kids stories.

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Jan 24, 2010, Swing For The Fence!

Swing for the fence, son! Swing for the fence! Life is not about half way. You heard him, right Max? He said, It's about choices. We win of lose by

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Jan 23, 2010, Louie the Lip

Recently I spent some time at the pound looking for a dog. Every canine comes with a list of attributes and short-comings so the adoptive parents

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Jan 22, 2010, A Better View

The first time Mrs. Hatcher knew there was something different with her son was an early cold December morning. A quiet grunting noise coming from the

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