First Thing First, Dream

Knowing how writing helped her son, Krystle took highlights from his journal to write First Thing First, Dream. In the book, Kyllan shares his first day at a new school where he uses a variety of coping mechanisms to help him through his transition. The book offers encouragement to children who may experience different disorders.

Officially  the pandemic is over, but for many children the impact continues.  As  children return to in-person schooling this fall First Thing First, Dream is  an inspirational collective effort of Kyllan Parker and his mother  Krystle Parker of how they’ve coped.  The easy reader also focuses on  attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).  The Parkers are from Greenville, North Carolina.

In the summer of 2020 Kyllan  was transitioning from private school to virtual learning, then to  public school during the pandemic. Like many of us the pandemic was  disruptive but for him just 10 years old the added school…