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Trusting a defiant and adhd child to go down the block alone...
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<blockquote data-quote="Malika" data-source="post: 608342" data-attributes="member: 11227"><p>I honestly don't think these things are set in stone. In other words, people - and that includes our different kids - have the potential to rise to the occasion if we ask it of them and if they have a specific task, like going to the friend's house. You know your son and we don't, however.</p><p></p><p>All I can tell you is that J is highly impulsive and occasionally defiant. But as I write he has gone to the shops - about a minute's walk away - by himself to buy bread on his scooter and I know he will complete the mission successfully and without incident (yes, I know, that'll be famous last words <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> ) He likes to have jobs to do like this and he is responsible when carrying them out.</p><p></p><p>Ah, that's him back now! Actually it was famous last words in that he had successfully brought the bread but not the other 2 things I had asked for and not the change, which he forgot to take... now he has gone back to get it. But the main thing is that he did not deviate from his task. This is partly cultural. It is routine for kids of his age to be out by themselves, where they are watched by the adults of the neighbourhood, who know them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Malika, post: 608342, member: 11227"] I honestly don't think these things are set in stone. In other words, people - and that includes our different kids - have the potential to rise to the occasion if we ask it of them and if they have a specific task, like going to the friend's house. You know your son and we don't, however. All I can tell you is that J is highly impulsive and occasionally defiant. But as I write he has gone to the shops - about a minute's walk away - by himself to buy bread on his scooter and I know he will complete the mission successfully and without incident (yes, I know, that'll be famous last words :) ) He likes to have jobs to do like this and he is responsible when carrying them out. Ah, that's him back now! Actually it was famous last words in that he had successfully brought the bread but not the other 2 things I had asked for and not the change, which he forgot to take... now he has gone back to get it. But the main thing is that he did not deviate from his task. This is partly cultural. It is routine for kids of his age to be out by themselves, where they are watched by the adults of the neighbourhood, who know them. [/QUOTE]
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