How to embrace a child with ADD
Jane was blown away by the response to the topic of children diagnosed with ADD. She has kindly enough opened her heart and decided to share how she embraces her child that shows signs of ADD.
Yesterday I mentioned on air that after a recommendation from my child's school, he went for an assessment with an educational psychologist and it turns out that he shows signs of ADD.
The response around those 3 letters was absolutely mind blowing. Within minutes my inbox was swollen, the phone rang off the hook and my cell phone was backed up on every front.
Mothers, fathers, grandparents, doctors, everyone throwing their 2 cents, the more I chat to people the more I realise that it is quite common to come across a parent who hasn't had the letters ADD/ADHA mentioned to them.
My boy has an amazing recall, can remember pages of dialogue from books, movies, he has a creative, animated imagination, he is bright but battles to concentrate in a classroom environment and struggles to complete tasks in the allocated time.
We are constantly working on his diet which also seems to help. There is so much to be said about ADD/ADHD and to be honest I feel completely overwhelmed most of the time.
I want him to be a free thinker, unique and independent child, so the question I battle with is how do you get a unique child through the conventional schooling system unmedicated?
I feel reluctant medicating a 5-year-old boy, but then I speak to a mom whose only guilt is not having medicated sooner as the results are so astounding.
I so worry about the pressure our children are under, when I was a kid I was care free and just loved exploring at my own time, kids being kids you know!?
What are your views on this whole ADD/ADHD topic?