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 I know what you mean!! First you have a 6 year old then they sound like a 16 year old.  It seems like respect is a thing of the past!Amylee you are not alone we ALL say we are not going to drawn into the same thing ...for me it is screaming and yelling at him I feel an enormous amount of guilt afterwards.. We are only human. Hang in there. You are agood mother- keep telling yourself that,

He comes home from school quite subdued - unusual but I enjoy the silence despite worrying.  Ask him what is wrong - answer is a surly NOTHING! 

Homework was easier than most days.  Says he is not feeling well so I let him take a break.  At this point I have to get some work done in my office (work from home), he tells me he got the rest of his reading done.  In my heart I know he might be lying but I take his word for it.

Then BANG - mood switches from surly and subdued to bouncy and rude!!!!

He has been argumentative with me since then.  Even though I PROMISE myself I wont do this, I get drawn into the inane, senseless arguments time and time again.

Good grief, this clever child is but 8 years old.  Going on 16!

Just venting!

I know what you're thinking ... "Is he TRYING to drive me crazy?"

I often hear myself telling my husband (re: DS) "He's trying to run my life."

It's so easy to get ensnared, and kids with ADHD want as much feedback as possible even if it's just you screaming.

My best advice is to get a break now and then, do something for yourself when he's at school, whatever it takes to keep your strength up!

Thank you so much.  I know I am not alone, even if I feel that I am.

yea- you are definitely not alone, but I can understand how much it helps to hear others talk about the same things happening. 

Ds decided this morning that he didn't want to eat breakfast, even though I told him he had to.  I gave him a yogurt smoothie to drink... he just tells me no.  I mean- HELLO!!!  I didn't ask, I just said DO IT!!  Then it spills all over the van because he doesn't hold it properly...

I don't know which is more frustrating-
1- having him just outright tell me no, like no recognition that I am the parent and his responsibility is to obey...

or 2- to talk to others (like family) and have them look at me like(and often tell me) I just don't discipline him enough- I let him get away with those things all the time and that's why he is like that...