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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 626324" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>KLMNO...absolutely, my heart bleeds for her every time I think about her horrible situation...and so unjust and crazy. It is with her partly in mind that I do think trying is a good idea. ADHD rarely stands alone anyways. Anyone know any child with ADHD and nothing else, such as learning problems or social problems? Nothing really does stand alone in our little one's brains. One issue leads to another which leads to another which leads to poor social skills which can lead to poor self-esteem which can, in later years, lead to the wrong crowd, which can lead to criminology, which can lead to...but it doesn't always do that. And why...nobody knows.</p><p></p><p>I will relate this to my own situation. I'm sure everybody here knows what a seriously mentally ill child I was and I was never taken to therapy but back then THERE WAS NONE FOR CHILDREN. Some brighter kids, with insight to themselves, can circumvent the horrible circumstances that can come of ADHD or whatever else is going on spiraling out of control by listening and learning. Maybe they are the minority. Maybe enough moms just don't try it (and dads). I don't know. All I know is that once I had a clue, I got better. Education about me helped me. Now I was older. But do we owe every chance to our kids? I think so. I think, while they are still young (under teens) we have to try everything we can.</p><p></p><p>Now we took 36 to therapy at age eight and he is still self-destructive and a mess, but maybe he would have started harming people more than he has and maybe, God help me, killed somebody without therapy. Maye he would have turned into a criminal who was also shot by some gun slinging cop *shudder*. He did learn some self control. We will never know if that was because of therapy or...something else.</p><p></p><p>I am one of those who would rather be safe than sorry. If you see your money is going to waste, heck, you can always stop taking him. Usualy the psychologist will talk to YOU too and , if nothing else, it helps to get input even if some or most or all of it doesn't work. You don't feel so alone. The only thing that we can say is useless is doing nothing or trying to be professionals ourselves, which we are not. We need a village to raise our difficult children <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> We can not do it by pretending it will get better on it's own.</p><p></p><p>WE HAVE TO TRY.....you think? I really just feel this way. You don't have to agree.</p><p></p><p>Take care.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 626324, member: 1550"] KLMNO...absolutely, my heart bleeds for her every time I think about her horrible situation...and so unjust and crazy. It is with her partly in mind that I do think trying is a good idea. ADHD rarely stands alone anyways. Anyone know any child with ADHD and nothing else, such as learning problems or social problems? Nothing really does stand alone in our little one's brains. One issue leads to another which leads to another which leads to poor social skills which can lead to poor self-esteem which can, in later years, lead to the wrong crowd, which can lead to criminology, which can lead to...but it doesn't always do that. And why...nobody knows. I will relate this to my own situation. I'm sure everybody here knows what a seriously mentally ill child I was and I was never taken to therapy but back then THERE WAS NONE FOR CHILDREN. Some brighter kids, with insight to themselves, can circumvent the horrible circumstances that can come of ADHD or whatever else is going on spiraling out of control by listening and learning. Maybe they are the minority. Maybe enough moms just don't try it (and dads). I don't know. All I know is that once I had a clue, I got better. Education about me helped me. Now I was older. But do we owe every chance to our kids? I think so. I think, while they are still young (under teens) we have to try everything we can. Now we took 36 to therapy at age eight and he is still self-destructive and a mess, but maybe he would have started harming people more than he has and maybe, God help me, killed somebody without therapy. Maye he would have turned into a criminal who was also shot by some gun slinging cop *shudder*. He did learn some self control. We will never know if that was because of therapy or...something else. I am one of those who would rather be safe than sorry. If you see your money is going to waste, heck, you can always stop taking him. Usualy the psychologist will talk to YOU too and , if nothing else, it helps to get input even if some or most or all of it doesn't work. You don't feel so alone. The only thing that we can say is useless is doing nothing or trying to be professionals ourselves, which we are not. We need a village to raise our difficult children ;) We can not do it by pretending it will get better on it's own. WE HAVE TO TRY.....you think? I really just feel this way. You don't have to agree. Take care. [/QUOTE]
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