ADHD is not an excuse

The multiplex. We are waiting for a parking space. The car is large, the bays are small, there are a lot of people. I see a free space, I pull in, I do not fit, I reverse out. And at that moment my wife starts talking. And the wave rises. This is not a decision — it is biology. A brain overloaded by the car park, the children, the noise and the pressure goes into defence before it has time to think. I tell her to stop. She does not stop. Shouting, doors slamming, children in the car. Then Kacper. A nine-year-old says calmly: mum, now you are