Comments on: ADD / ADHD Children : Being Your Childs Best Friend http://www.parentingideas.org/articles/general/add-adhd-children-being-your-childs-best-friend-2/ To Inspire with Ideas and Practical Tips on Parenting Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:22:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Bonding With Your ADD/ADHD | http://www.parentingideas.org/articles/general/add-adhd-children-being-your-childs-best-friend-2/#comment-78719 Bonding With Your ADD/ADHD | Tue, 04 Mar 2008 04:33:42 +0000 http://www.parentingideas.org/articles/general/add-adhd-children-being-your-childs-best-friend-2/#comment-78719 [...] Thankfully, though, there are some things that can be done to nurture this important bond between parent and child. If you’re interested in discovering down-to-earth methods to bond with your child with ADD or ADHD, check out this great post at click here. [...] […] Thankfully, though, there are some things that can be done to nurture this important bond between parent and child. If you’re interested in discovering down-to-earth methods to bond with your child with ADD or ADHD, check out this great post at click here. […]

]]> By: Kelley http://www.parentingideas.org/articles/general/add-adhd-children-being-your-childs-best-friend-2/#comment-78224 Kelley Sun, 24 Feb 2008 21:50:46 +0000 http://www.parentingideas.org/articles/general/add-adhd-children-being-your-childs-best-friend-2/#comment-78224 Thanks for the positive advice. I am a mother of a 10 year old son with ADHD. While he is the most wonderful child, his behavior can be so exasperating and exhausting. What I hear from so many "old school" parents is that I baby my son, I am too indulgent, etc... More or less, they are telling me, "spare the rod...spoil the child". I will not put a hand on my son for many reasons. The first because I just don't believe in hitting children, the second is that I don't believe committing and act of violence on your child helps them to understand their behavior, the third being that at his age, he might just hit me back and he could possibly hurt me. I do struggle with how to draw the "line" with him and how to reinforce good behaviors and how to properly punish against negative behaviors. These children don't reconcile themselves to what I would consider normal punishments. He and I struggle together to find ways to deal with his ADHD. Peace, Kelley Thanks for the positive advice. I am a mother of a 10 year old son with ADHD. While he is the most wonderful child, his behavior can be so exasperating and exhausting. What I hear from so many “old school” parents is that I baby my son, I am too indulgent, etc… More or less, they are telling me, “spare the rod…spoil the child”. I will not put a hand on my son for many reasons. The first because I just don’t believe in hitting children, the second is that I don’t believe committing and act of violence on your child helps them to understand their behavior, the third being that at his age, he might just hit me back and he could possibly hurt me.

I do struggle with how to draw the “line” with him and how to reinforce good behaviors and how to properly punish against negative behaviors. These children don’t reconcile themselves to what I would consider normal punishments. He and I struggle together to find ways to deal with his ADHD.

Peace, Kelley

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