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<blockquote data-quote="Nandina" data-source="post: 765712" data-attributes="member: 23742">LMS, what your son said about himself just breaks my heart. I am so glad you’ll be taking him in and helping him instill confidence in himself.What does he like to do? Sports? Art? Maybe learning to play a musical instrument, like guitar? I would find something like that and get him involved. They are great confidence-builders.We enrolled our son in Taekwondo when he was about 11, mainly to help him focus because he had ADHD and to our surprise, he really excelled and got almost to the black belt. Unfortunately, his behavior started going downhill and we stopped going because behavior and honor and things like that are part of the tenets of Taekwondo. But it was a great confidence-builder for him. There are dozens of different positions that the student must do to advance to the next level—one after another and it involves memory, coordination, strength training, etc. Later on they do things like break boards with their hands and feet. Talk about an ego booster for a young man! LolI think teaching him to cook is a great idea and your husband letting him help with the business will certainly boost his self-esteem. Some of my best moments with my son were in the kitchen, helping me cook. Also he learned some math skills along the way, like how to measure things, the difference between a teaspoon and tablespoon, and of course reading and following directions for recipes.What a lucky kid he is to have you in his life! I know you’ll have great times with him and he will be a different child before you know it. I look forward to hearing about your adventures together!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Nandina, post: 765712, member: 23742"] LMS, what your son said about himself just breaks my heart. I am so glad you’ll be taking him in and helping him instill confidence in himself. What does he like to do? Sports? Art? Maybe learning to play a musical instrument, like guitar? I would find something like that and get him involved. They are great confidence-builders. We enrolled our son in Taekwondo when he was about 11, mainly to help him focus because he had ADHD and to our surprise, he really excelled and got almost to the black belt. Unfortunately, his behavior started going downhill and we stopped going because behavior and honor and things like that are part of the tenets of Taekwondo. But it was a great confidence-builder for him. There are dozens of different positions that the student must do to advance to the next level—one after another and it involves memory, coordination, strength training, etc. Later on they do things like break boards with their hands and feet. Talk about an ego booster for a young man! Lol I think teaching him to cook is a great idea and your husband letting him help with the business will certainly boost his self-esteem. Some of my best moments with my son were in the kitchen, helping me cook. Also he learned some math skills along the way, like how to measure things, the difference between a teaspoon and tablespoon, and of course reading and following directions for recipes. What a lucky kid he is to have you in his life! I know you’ll have great times with him and he will be a different child before you know it. I look forward to hearing about your adventures together! [/QUOTE]

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