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<blockquote data-quote="Malika" data-source="post: 635755" data-attributes="member: 11227"><p>Thanks, HMBgal and Liahona. I think J's problem is not with social skills per se but with self-regulation - this obviously has an impact on social relationships. For three days last week J was sweet, co-operative, helpful and a delight to be with. Then that all seemed to wear off and yesterday was pretty hellish - irritable, argumentative, gratutiously rude and offensive. And that was just me! No, I'm joking - it was J, but his extreme unpleasantness failed, as ever, to bring out the best in me.</p><p></p><p>Of course one part of me simply hates the idea, and reality, of putting these substances into a child's body. But I realise now how much more complex it is when a child grows up with ADHD (or whatever). If they are unmedicated, they could harm themselves seriously (not to mention others) anyway - I fear for J's impulsiveness around knives and lighters, for example... without the ability to focus and attend properly, life cannot really be lived properly.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Malika, post: 635755, member: 11227"] Thanks, HMBgal and Liahona. I think J's problem is not with social skills per se but with self-regulation - this obviously has an impact on social relationships. For three days last week J was sweet, co-operative, helpful and a delight to be with. Then that all seemed to wear off and yesterday was pretty hellish - irritable, argumentative, gratutiously rude and offensive. And that was just me! No, I'm joking - it was J, but his extreme unpleasantness failed, as ever, to bring out the best in me. Of course one part of me simply hates the idea, and reality, of putting these substances into a child's body. But I realise now how much more complex it is when a child grows up with ADHD (or whatever). If they are unmedicated, they could harm themselves seriously (not to mention others) anyway - I fear for J's impulsiveness around knives and lighters, for example... without the ability to focus and attend properly, life cannot really be lived properly. [/QUOTE]
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