They may look like a regular family, but they’re actually a modern media phenomenon; Holderness Family Productions, where Kim is Chief Executive Officer and Penn is Chief Creative Officer. They produce videos, social media content, a podcast, and write books. According to their website, the family business has garnered 4.5 million followers across platforms and a billion views overall. Not too shabby.
Now, their newest book, ADHD is Awesome, from HarperCollins is out on April 30. It is absolutely fantastic.
Maybe because I’m a mom to two (very) little ones who quit social media when it got too toxic for my tastes, but I hadn’t heard of the Holderness Family when my editor reached out and asked if I’d like to chat with them about the new book. Heck, yeah, I thought when I read the title.
I have ADHD, and my kid almost certainly does as well, and I’m always excited to read something hopeful about neurodivergent folks’ place in the world. A few weeks and more than a couple of rabbit holes of Holderness Family videos later, it’s safe to say I’m grateful the ADHD community has these voices in our corner.
With a healthy dose of poignancy and humor, Penn and Kim have created a volume that’s useful both to ADHD-ers and to their loved ones. Within a few pages of reading, I realized I was underlining almost every sentence and filling the margins with exclamation points.
