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difficult child finally found something he likes to do - and then BAM!
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<blockquote data-quote="thunder" data-source="post: 384792"><p>Hi anonymous,</p><p> </p><p>I'm new here, and mostly am just reading the varied and helpful topics and advice, your post caught my attention.</p><p> </p><p>Your difficult child sounds so much like my own. He is 11, ADD-Inattentive type, dyslexia, sp ed classes, has agression issues/social ineptitude, 2 mg Intuniv 1xday. He has many of the same issues as yours. He has alienated all neighborhood friends through past episodes of bullying (except 1 8 year old boy who is a worse influence than my own), he is the worst loser in the free world, many times he will cry/stop/scream, snot and all if he loses. Bad thing about that is he plays football, baseball and basketball each year! I will say that as he has gotten older, he is more able to control these emotions, but at times its difficult. He has alienated most school friends due to his aggressive "competitiveness." I had a psychologist tell me he is equating his own self worth with winning or losing. I choose to believe this. He also has to be "moving." Cannot sit still and watch tv/video games. Summers imparticular are tiring, finding him something to keep him active everyday....all day.</p><p> </p><p>Anyway, yours and mine seem similar. My son would be happy to stand on a street corner and play a trumpet (or anything else for that manner). I love how so many of "our" children DO march to their own drummer...so to speak. He is doing what makes him happy! I have a mental picture of him standing out there, playing that trumpet to his heart's content. Something that many of us wouldn't have to nerve, energy or drive to do! I for one, am glad to hear of a little one that faces so many obstacles in his daily life, find something he enjoys, even if its only for a short time.</p><p> </p><p>I wish I had some advice to offer, but I don't. Seems you have your bases covered. Maybe take him "downtown" once a month to play for tips? Whether he can play or not?</p><p> </p><p>Just wanted to let you know there is someone out there that would love to have a child play a trumpet as loudly and incorrectly as he wanted to on my street corner. As long as he's happy.....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="thunder, post: 384792"] Hi anonymous, I'm new here, and mostly am just reading the varied and helpful topics and advice, your post caught my attention. Your difficult child sounds so much like my own. He is 11, ADD-Inattentive type, dyslexia, sp ed classes, has agression issues/social ineptitude, 2 mg Intuniv 1xday. He has many of the same issues as yours. He has alienated all neighborhood friends through past episodes of bullying (except 1 8 year old boy who is a worse influence than my own), he is the worst loser in the free world, many times he will cry/stop/scream, snot and all if he loses. Bad thing about that is he plays football, baseball and basketball each year! I will say that as he has gotten older, he is more able to control these emotions, but at times its difficult. He has alienated most school friends due to his aggressive "competitiveness." I had a psychologist tell me he is equating his own self worth with winning or losing. I choose to believe this. He also has to be "moving." Cannot sit still and watch tv/video games. Summers imparticular are tiring, finding him something to keep him active everyday....all day. Anyway, yours and mine seem similar. My son would be happy to stand on a street corner and play a trumpet (or anything else for that manner). I love how so many of "our" children DO march to their own drummer...so to speak. He is doing what makes him happy! I have a mental picture of him standing out there, playing that trumpet to his heart's content. Something that many of us wouldn't have to nerve, energy or drive to do! I for one, am glad to hear of a little one that faces so many obstacles in his daily life, find something he enjoys, even if its only for a short time. I wish I had some advice to offer, but I don't. Seems you have your bases covered. Maybe take him "downtown" once a month to play for tips? Whether he can play or not? Just wanted to let you know there is someone out there that would love to have a child play a trumpet as loudly and incorrectly as he wanted to on my street corner. As long as he's happy..... [/QUOTE]
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