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<blockquote data-quote="Malika" data-source="post: 562430" data-attributes="member: 11227"><p>Social relationships are affected in ADHD kids primarily because of the impulsivity - can't wait their turn, can't deal with frustration, over-emotional, etc. I'm not sure I agree with IC about this because I also belong to a French forum for parents of ADHD kids and all you ever hear about are how the children have trouble forming friendships, are massively rejected, etc. My son is not quite in that category because he is very bright, sociable and gregarious and this goes some way to offsetting the problems caused by the impulsivity and hyperactivity.</p><p></p><p>Some of this obviously comes down to what one can live with. My son also cannot sit still at the table and eat a meal - he is usually fidgeting with something else, a toy, a book, etc; if he didn't do this I don't think he could sit still. I find it mildly irritating but I just accept it. I often find myself repeating things several/many times before he does them. It's just the way it is. I also avoid restaurants, supermarkets, crowded public places, etc where possible (though actually I have taken him into restaurants when travelling and he has been mainly fine). It is a shame but I don't regard it as a major handicap. I do my shopping when he is at school. I would love to be able to take him to places without him careering all over the place and touching everything but I'm not personally able to give him medications so that I can do that. My son is a lot less aggressive in terms of impulsive hitting and kicking than he used to be but he is still regularly overly-brusque and completely fascinated by fighting in general... he loves to play fight with other boys. </p><p></p><p>I don't mean to seem critical of you but the only truly alarming thing to me in what you list is the aggression towards other children. Is it at such a level that it is constant and unmanageable? How sure are you that it is not sensory overload that is triggering him rather than aggression per se? How would he fare in an environment with very small class sizes? Are medications truly the only option you have here?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Malika, post: 562430, member: 11227"] Social relationships are affected in ADHD kids primarily because of the impulsivity - can't wait their turn, can't deal with frustration, over-emotional, etc. I'm not sure I agree with IC about this because I also belong to a French forum for parents of ADHD kids and all you ever hear about are how the children have trouble forming friendships, are massively rejected, etc. My son is not quite in that category because he is very bright, sociable and gregarious and this goes some way to offsetting the problems caused by the impulsivity and hyperactivity. Some of this obviously comes down to what one can live with. My son also cannot sit still at the table and eat a meal - he is usually fidgeting with something else, a toy, a book, etc; if he didn't do this I don't think he could sit still. I find it mildly irritating but I just accept it. I often find myself repeating things several/many times before he does them. It's just the way it is. I also avoid restaurants, supermarkets, crowded public places, etc where possible (though actually I have taken him into restaurants when travelling and he has been mainly fine). It is a shame but I don't regard it as a major handicap. I do my shopping when he is at school. I would love to be able to take him to places without him careering all over the place and touching everything but I'm not personally able to give him medications so that I can do that. My son is a lot less aggressive in terms of impulsive hitting and kicking than he used to be but he is still regularly overly-brusque and completely fascinated by fighting in general... he loves to play fight with other boys. I don't mean to seem critical of you but the only truly alarming thing to me in what you list is the aggression towards other children. Is it at such a level that it is constant and unmanageable? How sure are you that it is not sensory overload that is triggering him rather than aggression per se? How would he fare in an environment with very small class sizes? Are medications truly the only option you have here? [/QUOTE]
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