Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New profile posts
Latest activity
Internet Search
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
Parent Support Forums
General Parenting
Advice for my 7year old daughter with ADHD/ODD.. I am afraid there's more.
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="KTMom91" data-source="post: 721680" data-attributes="member: 4040"><p>She sounds very much like my darling daughter. The phone calls from school started in first grade. We struggled through, with her having difficulty in keeping friends, till high school. Then the friends she found were kinda slimy, bringing an entirely new set of issues, and affecting my career plans to this day.</p><p></p><p>I don't know if the way I handled things was the right way; I was pretty hands on and somewhat of a hardass, because her father is pretty much useless and is still being supported by his mother, and I was dead set Miss KT would NOT be a parasite. I definitely held her feet to the fire and pushed for logical consequences (if you hit your friend, they probably won't want to play with you) both at home and at school.</p><p></p><p>I got her in karate at 6, to help with discipline and personal responsibility. She stayed with it long enough to earn a black belt, and then quit right before her freshman year to participate in marching band. I kept her busy, I know, and at the time, she kept throwing it in my face that I MADE her do this or that, but I held on by my fingernails and we did make it through.</p><p></p><p>She was evaluated at 9, and started on Ritalin. She was ADHD with a capital H. That seemed to tone things down at school and she was better with friends and joining things; she ran cross country and played basketball and softball. Junior high brought its own set of stuff, and high school brought more, but fortunately she remained medication compliant throughout. </p><p></p><p>Her "lack of empathy" may be simply because she's honest. I understand that. Some of us (OK, me) have a fast moving brain and a mouth that moves even faster, and she may not feel she needs to apologize for popping off at someone who said something to her that she took offense to. However, I do believe your father needs to butt out of your disciplining your children. That's where you need to step up and politely draw your line in the stand. Hopefully, you can get your own place ASAP.</p><p></p><p>At least with us, it got a whole lot better. Eventually. After she moved 800 miles away and was in her early 20's.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KTMom91, post: 721680, member: 4040"] She sounds very much like my darling daughter. The phone calls from school started in first grade. We struggled through, with her having difficulty in keeping friends, till high school. Then the friends she found were kinda slimy, bringing an entirely new set of issues, and affecting my career plans to this day. I don't know if the way I handled things was the right way; I was pretty hands on and somewhat of a hardass, because her father is pretty much useless and is still being supported by his mother, and I was dead set Miss KT would NOT be a parasite. I definitely held her feet to the fire and pushed for logical consequences (if you hit your friend, they probably won't want to play with you) both at home and at school. I got her in karate at 6, to help with discipline and personal responsibility. She stayed with it long enough to earn a black belt, and then quit right before her freshman year to participate in marching band. I kept her busy, I know, and at the time, she kept throwing it in my face that I MADE her do this or that, but I held on by my fingernails and we did make it through. She was evaluated at 9, and started on Ritalin. She was ADHD with a capital H. That seemed to tone things down at school and she was better with friends and joining things; she ran cross country and played basketball and softball. Junior high brought its own set of stuff, and high school brought more, but fortunately she remained medication compliant throughout. Her "lack of empathy" may be simply because she's honest. I understand that. Some of us (OK, me) have a fast moving brain and a mouth that moves even faster, and she may not feel she needs to apologize for popping off at someone who said something to her that she took offense to. However, I do believe your father needs to butt out of your disciplining your children. That's where you need to step up and politely draw your line in the stand. Hopefully, you can get your own place ASAP. At least with us, it got a whole lot better. Eventually. After she moved 800 miles away and was in her early 20's. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Parent Support Forums
General Parenting
Advice for my 7year old daughter with ADHD/ODD.. I am afraid there's more.
Top