The twenty minutes leading up to our departure of any event is complete household mayhem.
The 20 minutes leading up to our departure of any event is complete household mayhem.It’s 4:45pm, and it’s time for my 9 and 7-year-old sons to get ready for. Here’s the tough part: Both have ADHD and require some extra time and attention with transitions, but in wildly different ways.
For my 9-year-old, it means repeating directions again and again. Reminding him of the next step in his getting ready process. If I don’t, he will leave a water bottle, jacket, or stick behind.. It’s the kind that results in loud, angry outbursts over very small things. And it can be really, really hard to manage. So I brace for impact as I tell him, after a few earlier reminders, that is is now time to start getting ready. And just like that, the resistance begins.
And the super frustrating thing is that I know he will enjoy himself once he reaches wherever he’s going. He is not a kid who clings to my leg in misery in social situations. Instead, he gallops out of the car, makes friends, and has a pretty good time wherever we go. So why the heck is the “getting there” so incredibly hard?suggested that kids with ADHD live in two worlds — the “now” and the “not now.
I often roll my eyes at this stuff, thinking my kid is the exception to all of these softer, more obvious, Google-based solutions. But I am starting to think I should give them more of a chance. I mean, it can’t hurt.
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