| ADHD can affect kids in many different ways. Most | | | | my son has ADHD and asked them to help my son |
| wage a constant battle with things that we consider | | | | improve his relationship with other children. You too can |
| mundane like sitting still, paying attention, staying quiet or | | | | take this step. The adults involved in ADHD kids' lives |
| being organized. I should know it because I am a father | | | | have to ensure that they do not belittle the kids in front |
| of a child who has ADD children. | | | | of other children. All of them love to have some form |
| They are more common than we would like to believe. | | | | of structure in their lives. It gives them a semblance of |
| In my son's class there are 30 students and at least | | | | normalcy while going about their daily routine. My son is |
| two students, excluding my son, have attention deficit | | | | interested in painting so I enrolled him in a painting class. |
| disorder. These kids have problems making friends and | | | | You should try to see what your child's interests are |
| the saddest part is that the disorder itself is not | | | | and get him involved in group activities. Make sure that |
| properly understood. | | | | the group is small so that he can get individual attention. |
| Most of these children constantly struggle with simple | | | | Inform the group leader about your kid's condition so |
| social interactions and are not able to follow social | | | | that they know how to tackle and deal with him. |
| cues. These kids are find it very difficult to make | | | | ADHD kids feel that they are constantly getting into |
| friends and are unable to participate in group activities | | | | trouble and no one likes them, not even their parents. It |
| with other children. My son found it very difficult to take | | | | is important to build your kid's self-esteem. I went about |
| part in any team event as he was constantly being | | | | this by constantly telling my son that I love and like him. |
| aggressive and fighting with other children. It is not that... | | | | This helped him to show his positive side more often. In |
| they have difficulty to maintain or sustain relationships. | | | | my neighborhood there is a group geared towards |
| They can but one has to be patient and caring with | | | | offering social skills training to help them. I took |
| them. This is where the parents or guardians play a | | | | advantage of it and got my son enrolled. Meeting on |
| major role. I ended up finding ways to help my son so | | | | fixed days and time, my son has benefited from |
| that he could make friends or at least work towards | | | | learning how to behave in social settings. You too can |
| improving his relationships with his peers. | | | | try this, if the facility is available in your community. |
| Here are some tips which will help ADHD kids to have | | | | Day-to-day activities are a constant challenge for |
| meaningful relationships... | | | | ADHD kids and this includes making friends. |
| What I did was involve my son's teachers, school | | | | Remember being able to make friends is important |
| counselor, doctor and our priest. I informed them that | | | | and as parents we should help facilitate this. |