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Need your honest advice..am I an enabler to my difficult child
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<blockquote data-quote="flutterbee" data-source="post: 133899"><p>I haven't read all of the other posts.</p><p></p><p>But, my daughter is 13 and in the 7th grade and I have to help her every step of the way. She has Executive Function Disorders - planning, organizing, setting and maintaining goals, short term memory (among other things) are all things she struggles with. She also has no concept of time and really shouldn't walk out the door without a GPS.</p><p></p><p>Like you said, she gets better every year, but she is not yet anywhere near the place where I could just 'leave her to it.' Like you, I have an older child and was able to step back at a much younger age.</p><p></p><p>There is a thread in the Archives on ADHD and Executive Function. You might want to look that up.</p><p></p><p>I really think this sounds like a no win situation. If you stepped back, he would fail and would become frustrated, disheartened and miserable and would feel horribly about himself. Then the school would be coming to you and saying he needs more help. been there done that.</p><p></p><p>Check out that thread.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="flutterbee, post: 133899"] I haven't read all of the other posts. But, my daughter is 13 and in the 7th grade and I have to help her every step of the way. She has Executive Function Disorders - planning, organizing, setting and maintaining goals, short term memory (among other things) are all things she struggles with. She also has no concept of time and really shouldn't walk out the door without a GPS. Like you said, she gets better every year, but she is not yet anywhere near the place where I could just 'leave her to it.' Like you, I have an older child and was able to step back at a much younger age. There is a thread in the Archives on ADHD and Executive Function. You might want to look that up. I really think this sounds like a no win situation. If you stepped back, he would fail and would become frustrated, disheartened and miserable and would feel horribly about himself. Then the school would be coming to you and saying he needs more help. been there done that. Check out that thread. [/QUOTE]
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