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difficult child 2 has been lying to me about homework
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<blockquote data-quote="TeDo" data-source="post: 551750"><p>Before you jump to conclusions, I want to pass on what happened in our house. difficult child 1 was NOT dong his classwork and when the teachers tried to force him to, using ultimatums, he would act up and be sent to the office. After a year of this, we found out about his Asperger's and realized it was causing HUGE comprehension issues. It wasn't the ADHD or that the medications weren't helping but simply that he did not understand it so he shut down instead. He didn't want anyone else to think he was dumb so he "lied" in self-defense, to cover up the fact that he didn't get what other people were getting. That and the fact that he wasn't able to drown out the noise around him so he could concentrate. It was easier for him to just not do it. All of us getting after him to do the work (he couldn't even verbalize what the problem was)didn't help with the comprehension issues that were holding him back. He ended up being punished for things that were not his fault and it sent him into a deep depression. </p><p></p><p>It may be exactly what you suspect but there could also be other very logical explanations. Keep an open mind.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TeDo, post: 551750"] Before you jump to conclusions, I want to pass on what happened in our house. difficult child 1 was NOT dong his classwork and when the teachers tried to force him to, using ultimatums, he would act up and be sent to the office. After a year of this, we found out about his Asperger's and realized it was causing HUGE comprehension issues. It wasn't the ADHD or that the medications weren't helping but simply that he did not understand it so he shut down instead. He didn't want anyone else to think he was dumb so he "lied" in self-defense, to cover up the fact that he didn't get what other people were getting. That and the fact that he wasn't able to drown out the noise around him so he could concentrate. It was easier for him to just not do it. All of us getting after him to do the work (he couldn't even verbalize what the problem was)didn't help with the comprehension issues that were holding him back. He ended up being punished for things that were not his fault and it sent him into a deep depression. It may be exactly what you suspect but there could also be other very logical explanations. Keep an open mind. [/QUOTE]
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