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<blockquote data-quote="JLady" data-source="post: 221361" data-attributes="member: 6439"><p>We are just getting started with all of this and it is a shock when someone first tells you there is something wrong with your child. Even if you already knew "something" isn't quite right. Everything I read about what to tell the child said that honesty is the best policy. So we openly discuss my son's issues. A lot like you said about we are going to try to get you some help and some medicine to help you do better. </p><p> </p><p>My son is only 7 but he really does understand a lot. He makes comments like my medicine makes me feel better. When I ask how, he can't tell me but something must be different. I showed him a book that had a picture of a healthy brain and of a brain with damage.... explained how the medicine helps the imbalance and helps the brain to heal. He's a really bright kid and he grasped on to this right away. To him, this medicine helps his brain so he can be good. He's young enough that it doesn't bother him.</p><p> </p><p>As far as family goes, that is a whole battle in itself. No one in the family seems to understand anything and I kind of wish I hadn't told them anything. My mom says he's just a boy. My dad says he needs discipline. My dad lives with us but doesn't seem to have noticed the last 3 years of punshment that hasn't done any good at all. Honestly, the family seems to make it harder. </p><p> </p><p>Good luck. It's hard to know what to do with any of this stuff. I do like the honesty is the best policy though.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JLady, post: 221361, member: 6439"] We are just getting started with all of this and it is a shock when someone first tells you there is something wrong with your child. Even if you already knew "something" isn't quite right. Everything I read about what to tell the child said that honesty is the best policy. So we openly discuss my son's issues. A lot like you said about we are going to try to get you some help and some medicine to help you do better. My son is only 7 but he really does understand a lot. He makes comments like my medicine makes me feel better. When I ask how, he can't tell me but something must be different. I showed him a book that had a picture of a healthy brain and of a brain with damage.... explained how the medicine helps the imbalance and helps the brain to heal. He's a really bright kid and he grasped on to this right away. To him, this medicine helps his brain so he can be good. He's young enough that it doesn't bother him. As far as family goes, that is a whole battle in itself. No one in the family seems to understand anything and I kind of wish I hadn't told them anything. My mom says he's just a boy. My dad says he needs discipline. My dad lives with us but doesn't seem to have noticed the last 3 years of punshment that hasn't done any good at all. Honestly, the family seems to make it harder. Good luck. It's hard to know what to do with any of this stuff. I do like the honesty is the best policy though. [/QUOTE]
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