WOW! Bragging Moment! | ADHD Information

aWESoMe!!!, this is a great post! Good for him. Nothing like that beam on their face when they're proud.

Each and every one of us longs for the 'Bragging Moments' moment for our children.  Our son, 6 ADHD, just underwent some major obstacles and overcame them.  We put him in wrestling (big where we live) because I have three boys I want them to try out each sport until and if they find one they love! SO, we tried wrestling. DS cried and got angry and wanted to quit. My first instinct was to let him quit also. But his coaches and dh went into some lengthy conversations with me about the fact that our ds has great natural ability and potential in this sport. So, we remained active. I told DH if DS's attitude hadn't gotten better by tournament weekend, we would take him out. The tournaments are three days in a row, hell if you don't enjoy it. We promoted good sprotsmanship and we celebrated wins or losses so long as it was done in good, respectable attitude. 

Against all odds, DS came out loving wrestling the first night of tournament. He won the first night and was on top of the world. It was as if something had clicked... Our ds won first place in the Championship Tournament.  WE COULD NOT BELIEVE IT!! DS COULD NOT BELIEVE IT!! He is so PROUD of HIMSELF!! All smiles and a more "I CAN" attitude, which we know is hard for most ADHDers to have...I celebrate that more so than the win itself. He can't wait until next year.

 

Side note; wrestling is hard on the mom. It was a very hard sport to watch and it was voice-taking! They were selling shirts that said "Once you've seen your child wrestle, the rest is easy" and I thought "Put something about ADHD in that shirt and I'll buy 20!"

And I wanted to add this, too. Our coaches were AWESOME in their support and when DS won, they celebrated him BIG time!!  DS was so taken back by it he was actually CALM to the point of us asking "Are you okay? You should be jumping up and down!!" (the one time we're asking him to do it, he can't! ha ha) He was so taken back by it.  He whispered "Mom, I just feel really special."

That is awesome!  Feeling successful can have such a huge impact on our kids.

I thought having to watch DS play football was bad enough, but wrestling. . .  They don't even wear pads.

I KNOW! That t-shirt was right-on!! 

[QUOTE=ilovemyboys]And I wanted to add this, too. Our coaches were AWESOME in their support and when DS won, they celebrated him BIG time!!  DS was so taken back by it he was actually CALM to the point of us asking "Are you okay? You should be jumping up and down!!" (the one time we're asking him to do it, he can't! ha ha) He was so taken back by it.  He whispered "Mom, I just feel really special."[/QUOTE]

Woooohoooo.  That is fantastic!  Don't ya just love it when they are happy with themselve?  I love postive posts.  thanks for sharing

I cannot have enough of those moments for him! I teared up just writing it...   We cry with one another here on this forum and we like to celebrate with one another too. Hearing of each others' successes is a driving force to keep moving forward in a Positive Direction!!  It's wonderful to have other caring, supportive adults in your child's life!