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My 3 year old son- oppositional defiant disorder and adhd
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<blockquote data-quote="Malika" data-source="post: 497352" data-attributes="member: 11227"><p>Hello TiredMama. Bravo for making it to the forum and sharing your concerns! </p><p>When I was reading your post, I just kept thinking "he is three"... If your boy was five and doing this stuff, I'd be more worried. But is it that extraordinary for three year olds to run off, to want to play with things like knives or to not know why they do things? That said, I quite accept that your boy is "something more than normal", whether it's ADHD or whatever. One DOES see these things very early on - people and I were talking and thinking about ADHD for my son before he was even one year old. </p><p>I think you just have to accept, or begin to accept, that this little boy is different and needs to be treated differently. He does not understand your repeated injunctions about the knives so you have to hide them away somewhere where he cannot reach them. You have to expect that he is going to run off in given situations and work within that. It is a process and it takes time but eventually you will love and accept him in his difference, not expecting that he will or should behave like the typical child. </p><p>Others will have more advice. For myself, at the moment, I do not see your son's behaviour as aberrant - but then I have been living with a hyperactive child for five years so my sense of the normal is doubtless skewed <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> Please don't worry. The future can still be bright for him, particularly as he sounds so bright himself.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Malika, post: 497352, member: 11227"] Hello TiredMama. Bravo for making it to the forum and sharing your concerns! When I was reading your post, I just kept thinking "he is three"... If your boy was five and doing this stuff, I'd be more worried. But is it that extraordinary for three year olds to run off, to want to play with things like knives or to not know why they do things? That said, I quite accept that your boy is "something more than normal", whether it's ADHD or whatever. One DOES see these things very early on - people and I were talking and thinking about ADHD for my son before he was even one year old. I think you just have to accept, or begin to accept, that this little boy is different and needs to be treated differently. He does not understand your repeated injunctions about the knives so you have to hide them away somewhere where he cannot reach them. You have to expect that he is going to run off in given situations and work within that. It is a process and it takes time but eventually you will love and accept him in his difference, not expecting that he will or should behave like the typical child. Others will have more advice. For myself, at the moment, I do not see your son's behaviour as aberrant - but then I have been living with a hyperactive child for five years so my sense of the normal is doubtless skewed :) Please don't worry. The future can still be bright for him, particularly as he sounds so bright himself. [/QUOTE]
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