Don’t believe it when your child’s doctor, teacher or psychiatrist tell you that there is nothing you can do at home to help your ADD/ADHD child, and have no option but ADD/ADHD medicine.
It of course boils down to more love and more loving discipline (which are again disdained in modern psychiatry). Love involves hard work, and consistently doing these things, however badly or suspiciously your child reacts at first:
Believing in her
You should show your child that you believe she is capable of changing her situation, have high expectations of her, and think of her difficulty as a problem with a solution, never as a basic character – or brain – flaw that disables her for life.
Being happy when she is around
Even autistic children respond when a parent is cheerful and shows that she enjoys their company. Your ADD/ADHD child will also respond. Showing that you are happy just when she is around is a great gift of love you can give your child.
Spending time with your child
At least half an hour every day, when both of you are relaxed. During this time, practice your listening skills, be tactful and courteous when you talk, and pay attention to what she says. Let your child take the lead in what she wants to talk about and do.
Love her other parent
Try to create a happy marriage and a happy home. Children in strong, happy families do better than other children. If you are separated or divorced or single, don’t involve the kids in your battles and never fight in front of them.
Encourage her talents
Help your child try out new activities and encourage whatever she is good at. When she manages to find her niche, and chooses to work hard on something that she finds interesting and is good at, she will have fewer attention and behavior problems.
Find our what makes her hyperactive, aggressive or distracted
Is it her diet? Or the tensions in the family or at school, or boredom? Help her find out what triggers he bad behavior and how she can manage these things without losing self-control.
Of course parenting styles and parenting choices are crucial, and a wise change in them can help turn your troubled ADD/ADHD child around. But it’s hardly as quick as Ritalin (methylphenidate), which can make your child more cooperative within one hour. You need to be prepared for hard work over the long haul (meaning a year or two). But the rewards – a sense of empowerment for you and your child, and a closer and richer relationship – are almost proportionately as high. You should try this!
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