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<blockquote data-quote="LittleDudesMom" data-source="post: 539567" data-attributes="member: 805"><p><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms'"><span style="font-size: 12px">My difficult child began having serious issues (prior to that he was hyper, impulsive and a hand full, but manageable) at school in 2nd grade, really serious issues -- almost daily raging to the point where they would have to clear the classroom. Desks flipped, stuff flying through the air, etc.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Today, still definitely a difficult child, you wouldn't know such serious behaviors were part of his past -- he's come a long, long way. I believe much of that is attributed to the fact that he knew, as early as 4, that things were "different".</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms'"><span style="font-size: 12px">When he was in preschool, I could tell what kind of day it was at pick up time just by the expression on the teacher's and his face! Four days out of five were difficult, not serious, just challenging....One day I picked him up after hearing the story of uncooperative behavior, etc., from the teacher and I just broke.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms'"><span style="font-size: 12px">I pulled over to the side of the street and turned around in my seat and basically said, "difficult child, I just don't understand. You know right from wrong. I am always so excited to pick you up ever day at school and almost every day I hear about your behavior from the teacher. I just don't understand."</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms'"><span style="font-size: 12px">In all his 4-year old wisdom (and let me just say quickly that his first words was "plane", he loves airplanes, especially WWII ones) he looked at me with his huge brown eyes and said, "Mommy, it's like I have a propellor inside me; when it goes fast I'm bad and when it goes slow I'm good."</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms'"><span style="font-size: 12px">I just broke down.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms'"><span style="font-size: 12px">From there he grew in his understanding that it was much more difficult for him to maintain at school than his classmates. As he matured and moved into middle school, he wanted to start fresh. He didn't want anyone there to know the kind of behavior he displayed in elementary school. The kid worked hard. You could tell after school that he was wound tight trying to hold things together. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms'"><span style="font-size: 12px">I truly believe that my difficult child's "above age level" understanding of his challenges are what helped to move him forward and make progress. It also made talk therapy an effective part of his treatment (and still is albeit not as often as the weekly sessions when he was in elementary school).</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Sharon</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LittleDudesMom, post: 539567, member: 805"] [FONT=comic sans ms][SIZE=3]My difficult child began having serious issues (prior to that he was hyper, impulsive and a hand full, but manageable) at school in 2nd grade, really serious issues -- almost daily raging to the point where they would have to clear the classroom. Desks flipped, stuff flying through the air, etc. Today, still definitely a difficult child, you wouldn't know such serious behaviors were part of his past -- he's come a long, long way. I believe much of that is attributed to the fact that he knew, as early as 4, that things were "different". When he was in preschool, I could tell what kind of day it was at pick up time just by the expression on the teacher's and his face! Four days out of five were difficult, not serious, just challenging....One day I picked him up after hearing the story of uncooperative behavior, etc., from the teacher and I just broke. I pulled over to the side of the street and turned around in my seat and basically said, "difficult child, I just don't understand. You know right from wrong. I am always so excited to pick you up ever day at school and almost every day I hear about your behavior from the teacher. I just don't understand." In all his 4-year old wisdom (and let me just say quickly that his first words was "plane", he loves airplanes, especially WWII ones) he looked at me with his huge brown eyes and said, "Mommy, it's like I have a propellor inside me; when it goes fast I'm bad and when it goes slow I'm good." I just broke down. From there he grew in his understanding that it was much more difficult for him to maintain at school than his classmates. As he matured and moved into middle school, he wanted to start fresh. He didn't want anyone there to know the kind of behavior he displayed in elementary school. The kid worked hard. You could tell after school that he was wound tight trying to hold things together. I truly believe that my difficult child's "above age level" understanding of his challenges are what helped to move him forward and make progress. It also made talk therapy an effective part of his treatment (and still is albeit not as often as the weekly sessions when he was in elementary school). Sharon[/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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