ADHD Child on Supernanny | ADHD Information

I was watching The View this morning, and they showed a clip from next Mondays show.  Jo Frost said that this child had ADHD.  From what she said, she seemed to understand it, I am looking forward to seeing how she handles him.  Just thought I would let yall know, so if you want to watch!I have been anxiously awaiting for something like this.  I find it hard to believe some of these other children shown in the past have not had some type of disorder.  I also find it hard to believe that every week is a success story!  I want to see some updates!  Yes, I saw that too. I am so happy that she really seems to have insight into it, even though I assume she doesn't have children of her own. How rare that is!

It is one thing to get short term results with a kid (we call that the honeymoon period), but long term is another story. Especially when the parents are ADHD as well.

Funny, I was just thinking about SuperNanny today!  I wondered how she'd deal w/a truly diagnosed ADHD kid and if her methods could provide any long term results.  Seems like most shows I've seen, its just bad parenting (Ok, I've only seen like 2 or 3, but in those cases, I thought...no wonder those kids act the way they do).  But, I would watch a show with parents who HAVE tried all the methods she preaches and are good parents and if she can offer any long term help with behavior modification alone.I wrote to be on supernanny and they called me last year and I found most of my son's behavior problems were occuring at school. I was hoping they would show a child with ADHD for some time. I love that show and find most of her techniques would work for most kids.  I would love to see her go to my son's school and teach them how to deal with ADHD behaviors.

I enjoy Supernanny and have seen many episodes.  I have adopted many of her discipline strategies in my own home.   Some with success, and some that haven't worked for us.

I enjoy Jo Frost's empathy and skill even though she doesn't have children of her own.

I do feel that many of the children on Supernanny have more issues than just being naughty and out of control.  I have felt that many could suffer from ADHD as well as ODD.  Of course I am not an expert by any means, this is just my feeling. 

I can only hope that the parents continue with what Jo has taught them after 2 weeks, otherwise the poor child will suffer in the long run if the parents are not consistant.