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Every February, people in the United States celebrate the achievements and history of African Americans as part of Black History Month. Since 1976, every American president has designated February as Black History Month and endorsed a specific theme. The Black History Month 2024 theme, “African Americans and the Arts,” explores the key influence African Americans have had in the fields of “visual and performing arts, literature, fashion, folklore, language, film, music, architecture, culinary and other forms of cultural expression.”

October is ADHD Awareness Month. CHADD is working with partners in the ADHD Awareness Month Coalition to educate people on the facts of ADHD—symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment—and to move the conversation on ADHD forward from the basics to the successes of those living with the condition.

Kristen Howerton is a marriage and family therapist and professor of psychology at Vanguard University. She is also the author of the popular blog Rage Against the Minivan, where she explores issues of identity, race, adoption, parenting, and sometimes embarrassing indignities of motherhood.