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<blockquote data-quote="ThreeShadows" data-source="post: 410374" data-attributes="member: 6370"><p>Welcome, Malika! I grew up in France (during the 1950's and 60's, lol). I had never heard of ADHD there. What do they call it in French? I couldn't find an English word for "psychomotricienne", that, in itself, is an interesting fact. I suspect that you will have to struggle to get him diagnosed the way the US moms would. My French half sister had something called "spasmophilie", a condition that I still can't figure out!</p><p> </p><p>I struggled to keep my twins (adopted) from being labeled, I was afraid it would follow them for the rest of their lives. I admired their energy and their creativity. The school did not. What will follow them for the rest of their lives is my failure to get them the appropriate services available to them, as it were, in small town Maine. They will struggle financially and socially for the rest of their lives. I was an older, uninformed mother, and foreign-raised to boot!</p><p> </p><p>Do you know anything about your son's biological family? Was his mom a drinker? Is there a history of psychological "differences"?</p><p> </p><p>I'm sorry you had to find us, but glad that you are here. I always enjoy hearing how other cultures deal with kids like ours.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ThreeShadows, post: 410374, member: 6370"] Welcome, Malika! I grew up in France (during the 1950's and 60's, lol). I had never heard of ADHD there. What do they call it in French? I couldn't find an English word for "psychomotricienne", that, in itself, is an interesting fact. I suspect that you will have to struggle to get him diagnosed the way the US moms would. My French half sister had something called "spasmophilie", a condition that I still can't figure out! I struggled to keep my twins (adopted) from being labeled, I was afraid it would follow them for the rest of their lives. I admired their energy and their creativity. The school did not. What will follow them for the rest of their lives is my failure to get them the appropriate services available to them, as it were, in small town Maine. They will struggle financially and socially for the rest of their lives. I was an older, uninformed mother, and foreign-raised to boot! Do you know anything about your son's biological family? Was his mom a drinker? Is there a history of psychological "differences"? I'm sorry you had to find us, but glad that you are here. I always enjoy hearing how other cultures deal with kids like ours. [/QUOTE]
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