• Bilbo_Haggins@lemm.ee
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      5 days ago

      Yeah. ADHD mom here. Had a good cry tonight about my kid and all his challenges.

      I try to keep on the happy face when he’s around but parenting a kid with severe ADHD is really hard sometimes.

      • The Snark Urge@lemmy.world
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        5 days ago

        I get that. We’re meant to stay positive because they can’t help it and they need us, but it’s hard to see things in a positive light sometimes. Write me sometime if you need a sympathetic ear.

    • ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      5 days ago

      I do have one, but I haven’t had any experiences that would make me sit down and cry or anything traumatic. He’s a handful (and then some) at times, but definitely more good times than bad ones.

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        5 days ago

        As a former ADHD kid myself (as in, former kid, still ADHD), I would at least worry about how the condition might affect their academic, social, and emotional development. I was an unfortunate Gifted Kid and picked up a lot of knowledge from cartoons (back when cartoons had educational value), but that came with the cost that I never learned discipline, and never learned how to study. I know that my consistently falling test scores confused and devastated my parents.

        But all that was two decades ago. I hope that ADHD is more understood now and kids don’t have to remain undiagnosed and untreated.