ADD - 5 Ways to Help Your ADD Child

When you're the linear-thinking parent of an ADD child,3) Know your child's teacher: Be sure to get all the
it's difficult to relate to your child's behaviors. Youpertinent information about your child's classes at
undoubtedly feel every pain of attention deficit, butschool. Ask for due dates of specific assignments,
maybe you aren't quite sure how to deal with it,quizzes, and anything else that you child needs to
especially when you child is very young. If you're anremember.
ADD parent of an ADD child, at least you can4) Provide sanctuary: Your children suffer frustration
remember what being a kid with attention deficit wasevery day, and it stems from within themselves, from
like, and maybe you've learned some ADD-friendlytheir peers, and perhaps from their teachers. Allow
ways to cope with attention deficit that you can passthem some downtime to unwind when they get home.
along. But then again, maybe you don't even realizeMake sure that they have a room of their own or a
that you have attention deficit yourself. Well, whateverspecial place they can go to be alone for a while to
situation you find you belong in, here are a few tips tohelp them feel less stressed.
help:5) Make them feel successful: First, find out what your
1) Make things simple: Don't send your kids into anotherchild is good at. It may take a while to decide what it is,
room to get a pen, a piece of paper, and an envelope.but maybe they're artists, musicians, or good with
They'll forget at least one of the three and have to gotechnology. Whatever that is, support them in that area
back to get what they forgot. To save frustration,and lavish praise on them when they do something
send them for one thing at a time. Because they canwell to boost their self-esteem.
manage to come back with that one item, when theyYou can use these 5 tips to help make your child's life
do, they'll feel happy if you tell them what a great jobbetter, as well as your own. But it won't happen
they did. Rather than deflating their self-esteem, you'llovernight. You'll have to be consistent in applying these
be pumping it up.techniques, and through a slow process will your child
2) Get a game going: Try involving the whole family inbegin to improve. Some kids will be lucky enough to
this strategy. Make sure that people get extra pointscontrol the symptoms of attention deficit as they're
for positive behaviors, and that points are deductedolder. Some of them turn into ADD adults. Learn more
when someone breaks a rule or doesn't take their turncoping mechanisms for parents and adults at Instant
in the proper order.ADD Success.