ADHD, do you need to be more careful with their freedom?

 Just because a child has ADHD doesn't make them "bad" kids however what it does make them is many times impulsive. Unfortunately what happens is when a decision has to be made whether right or wrong children with ADHD many times make quick choices and forget to consider the consequences of their actions until it's too late. Many times battles at school and at home become battles because the many people do not understand the actions of children with ADHD.

Children with ADHD become overwhelmed very easily when asked to do both abstract and too many tasks at the same time. They see things as black and white with no gray areas. They struggle with organization, problem solving and impulsiveness so it's always wise that when you are aware of an ADHD child keep in mind they may in fact have some of the mentioned problems. A child with ADHD often has trouble paying attention, inattention to details and makes careless mistakes, easily distracted, loses school supplies, forgets to turn in homework, trouble finishing class work and homework, trouble listening, trouble following multiple adult commands, blurts out answers, impatience fidgets or squirms, leaves seat and runs about or climbs excessively, seems "on the go" talks too much and has difficulty playing quietly, interrupts or intrudes on others. At home the child may show many of the same signs with the addition to some others. I see home behaviors many times increase because in the typical home most families are busy and have things to do in the evenings and weekends making it unstructured and not routine for the child. They become very overwhelmed just from the non structure.

By being aware of their weaknesses adults can be very instrumental in diverting a problem situation before it gets out of hand allowing not only the child with ADHD to keep their dignity but allow the others to view the child with ADHD in a positive way and not always the child getting into trouble. I have seen children with ADHD get frustrated over and over again because they are trying so hard to "be good" and no matter what they feel they can't and what we see is that eventually they just give up. When they get bad grade after bad grade when they are working and trying as hard as they can eventually the helplessness takes over and they realize they can't do it anyway so why stress out.

Looking at the teens that are in trouble with the law, historically if we look back we can trace that most of these kids have problems that go back for years and moms report that these children were many times difficult even while in the womb.