Comments on: Bad Parenting or ADHD? http://moreorless.wordpress.com/2006/04/14/bad-parenting-or-adhd/ Striving for More of Him and Less of Me Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:38:05 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Christine http://moreorless.wordpress.com/2006/04/14/bad-parenting-or-adhd/#comment-858 Christine Wed, 13 Dec 2006 02:32:18 +0000 https://moreorless.wordpress.com/2006/04/14/bad-parenting-or-adhd/#comment-858 ... oh dear ... knowing your troubles all too well i can only recommend one thing for the lad, trick for you to supply before school but having a dog helps ... "exercise". adhd is usually nonsense. 90% of doctors (quacks) will dole out such "diagnosis" within 5 minutes, prescribe meds and send you off. they fail to mention the kickbacks they recieve for pushing these 'magic pills' from the pharma industry. let or encourage him to romp for at least 15-20 mins before going to school or other important time where it's required he stay somewhat stationary. Hard exercise burns off that energy quick, every child SHOULD have this energy, he's normal & healthy, a good thing! while overwhelming it only needs guidance and to be focused. before pre-school i took mine to the park with my border-collie mix with a soccer ball and let them run themselves silly. we'd also make a game where first i ask him to pick a number 5-20, once chosen i tell him the number (usually 7 or so) then he chooses two trees spaced far enough apart (30-50fmaybe) and runs around them that many times. i cheer on every 'lap' he makes, pretending to chase him (letting him win) he feels accomplished and it reinforces learning the concept of numbers. make it a game basically, whatever the task (even the haircuts!) … oh dear … knowing your troubles all too well i can only recommend one thing for the lad, trick for you to supply before school but having a dog helps … “exercise”. adhd is usually nonsense. 90% of doctors (quacks) will dole out such “diagnosis” within 5 minutes, prescribe meds and send you off. they fail to mention the kickbacks they recieve for pushing these ‘magic pills’ from the pharma industry.

let or encourage him to romp for at least 15-20 mins before going to school or other important time where it’s required he stay somewhat stationary. Hard exercise burns off that energy quick, every child SHOULD have this energy, he’s normal & healthy, a good thing! while overwhelming it only needs guidance and to be focused.

before pre-school i took mine to the park with my border-collie mix with a soccer ball and let them run themselves silly. we’d also make a game where first i ask him to pick a number 5-20, once chosen i tell him the number (usually 7 or so) then he chooses two trees spaced far enough apart (30-50fmaybe) and runs around them that many times. i cheer on every ‘lap’ he makes, pretending to chase him (letting him win) he feels accomplished and it reinforces learning the concept of numbers. make it a game basically, whatever the task (even the haircuts!)

]]> By: ADHD — A Check Up « Amanda–More or Less http://moreorless.wordpress.com/2006/04/14/bad-parenting-or-adhd/#comment-619 ADHD — A Check Up « Amanda–More or Less Thu, 26 Oct 2006 09:32:38 +0000 https://moreorless.wordpress.com/2006/04/14/bad-parenting-or-adhd/#comment-619 [...] As an indication of the change we have seen in Bud over the past few months, let me relay a couple of incidents that have occurred this week:  First, one of his Sunday School teachers approached me after church and I didn’t cringe inside, wondering what Bud had done this time. :)  Actually, she told me Bud was doing so well in class now.  She said, “I only teach his class about once a month, and one month he was one way (always in trouble), and then the next month he was completely different.  It was like night and day.  We have been able to get to know him now!  Did you do something different?”   It was encouraging to hear.  It kind of balances out the time in a different church when his Sunday School teachers told me they wouldn’t take him in their class anymore ( a couple of years ago).  The second incident that occurred was just this morning while we were going to the different stops at the hospital to check out his heart.  In the doctor’s office, he played quietly with some toys for an hour while the doctor and I talked.  When he got bored, he came and sat on my lap.  (This is the same boy who, while we were being “interviewed” about his ADHD originally, was pounding his paper with the crayons and slinging a rubber lizard about the room within 10 minutes. ) Later on in the EKG room, the receptionist commented to me, “He is so well-behaved!  Most kids are running around and yelling !  What is your secret!”  [...] [...] As an indication of the change we have seen in Bud over the past few months, let me relay a couple of incidents that have occurred this week:  First, one of his Sunday School teachers approached me after church and I didn’t cringe inside, wondering what Bud had done this time. :)   Actually, she told me Bud was doing so well in class now.  She said, “I only teach his class about once a month, and one month he was one way (always in trouble), and then the next month he was completely different.  It was like night and day.  We have been able to get to know him now!  Did you do something different?”   It was encouraging to hear.  It kind of balances out the time in a different church when his Sunday School teachers told me they wouldn’t take him in their class anymore ( a couple of years ago).  The second incident that occurred was just this morning while we were going to the different stops at the hospital to check out his heart.  In the doctor’s office, he played quietly with some toys for an hour while the doctor and I talked.  When he got bored, he came and sat on my lap.  (This is the same boy who, while we were being “interviewed” about his ADHD originally, was pounding his paper with the crayons and slinging a rubber lizard about the room within 10 minutes. ) Later on in the EKG room, the receptionist commented to me, “He is so well-behaved!  Most kids are running around and yelling !  What is your secret!”  [...]

]]> By: Trav the Preacher Man http://moreorless.wordpress.com/2006/04/14/bad-parenting-or-adhd/#comment-11 Trav the Preacher Man Fri, 14 Apr 2006 16:32:06 +0000 https://moreorless.wordpress.com/2006/04/14/bad-parenting-or-adhd/#comment-11 Hey Amanda, I just found out about this blog today. Keep it up. I really appreciate your writing. I'll be using your story about not working because you want to be a mommy when I preach come Mother's Day. Thanks for the illustration. Keep up the good work, both in writing and in your home. Hey Amanda,

I just found out about this blog today. Keep it up. I really appreciate your writing. I’ll be using your story about not working because you want to be a mommy when I preach come Mother’s Day. Thanks for the illustration. Keep up the good work, both in writing and in your home.

]]> By: Amy http://moreorless.wordpress.com/2006/04/14/bad-parenting-or-adhd/#comment-10 Amy Fri, 14 Apr 2006 16:31:09 +0000 https://moreorless.wordpress.com/2006/04/14/bad-parenting-or-adhd/#comment-10 Wow Amanda, this must be really, really hard. I'll be praying for your family as you go through all these tests. I can totally relate to the "bad parent" feeling. There are so many days when I feel like a complete failure as a parent. You're right, it sure does keep us on our knees! I'm embarrassed to think of how judgemental I was of other people's parenting before I had my own children - I am now humbled into the dust :) Wow Amanda, this must be really, really hard. I’ll be praying for your family as you go through all these tests. I can totally relate to the “bad parent” feeling. There are so many days when I feel like a complete failure as a parent. You’re right, it sure does keep us on our knees! I’m embarrassed to think of how judgemental I was of other people’s parenting before I had my own children – I am now humbled into the dust :)

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