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<blockquote data-quote="Malika" data-source="post: 539621" data-attributes="member: 11227"><p>Hello and welcome. Cyber diagnosis is a dangerous occupation but... your son sounds like a classic case of ADHD. I can see lots of parallels with my own son, now 5. One of the things that has always frustrated me a bit is when people say "all children are active" or "all boys are energetic"... well, yes, but not like THIS, I always think. People don't really get it... the parent can see, from a very young age, that something different from the norm is going on - and it sounds like you are at this place. </p><p>One of the decisions you face is whether you are going to do the maximum to accommodate your son as he is or whether you are going to prioritise trying to make him fit into the world... a question on which whether or not to medicate may well hang, at least at this early stage. It sounds like your son has lots of qualities and strengths - it's not all negative. He's very bright, lively, curious, spirited, life-enhancing... you need to play to his strenghts, find out how to parent him differently. "The Explosive Child" by Ross Greene is good. The normal techniques don't work. </p><p>I expect others will be along with more advice. Are you going to get your son evaluated?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Malika, post: 539621, member: 11227"] Hello and welcome. Cyber diagnosis is a dangerous occupation but... your son sounds like a classic case of ADHD. I can see lots of parallels with my own son, now 5. One of the things that has always frustrated me a bit is when people say "all children are active" or "all boys are energetic"... well, yes, but not like THIS, I always think. People don't really get it... the parent can see, from a very young age, that something different from the norm is going on - and it sounds like you are at this place. One of the decisions you face is whether you are going to do the maximum to accommodate your son as he is or whether you are going to prioritise trying to make him fit into the world... a question on which whether or not to medicate may well hang, at least at this early stage. It sounds like your son has lots of qualities and strengths - it's not all negative. He's very bright, lively, curious, spirited, life-enhancing... you need to play to his strenghts, find out how to parent him differently. "The Explosive Child" by Ross Greene is good. The normal techniques don't work. I expect others will be along with more advice. Are you going to get your son evaluated? [/QUOTE]
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