tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034538852557504954.post7270416193119314671..comments2011-09-08T12:14:46.591-07:00Comments on Old Bat Takes on ADHD: Meeting with the PrincipalKathleen Petrideshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02207951720345188295noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034538852557504954.post-73246516638468610292011-09-08T12:14:46.591-07:002011-09-08T12:14:46.591-07:00Thanks Hussy! ROFLMAO! Good one! Yeah, I can do th...Thanks Hussy! ROFLMAO! Good one! Yeah, I can do this... emulating the little train who could!Kathleen Petrideshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02207951720345188295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034538852557504954.post-19386126139945581292011-09-08T12:06:06.441-07:002011-09-08T12:06:06.441-07:00You are continuing to doubt your own ability and i...You are continuing to doubt your own ability and intelligence. You can do math (it's not calculus) and sounds like you can find science and other subjects on line. Come on research queen...you can do this!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04510721751884954626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034538852557504954.post-4124441794564171212011-09-07T22:20:45.826-07:002011-09-07T22:20:45.826-07:00Okay, that's why I'm thinking math compute...Okay, that's why I'm thinking math computer course. No wAY is math EVER fun... but I had thought that during fractions, I might take him into the kitchen for baking time... have you ever Plucked a chicken? It's a hellashis job. Getting rid of pin feathers is a pain. Yep, been there done that... well mom did the chickens, I did a pheasant once... not fun. Not doing dissection with him. Not squeamish, but he's only 9. They don't do that in the 4th grade. And yep, I think you need to go to bed too... in the line of dissection, 17 year old is excited, she get's to dissect a cat in her veterinarian class. Squeamish does not run in this family. ;-)Kathleen Petrideshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02207951720345188295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034538852557504954.post-78452773131069135272011-09-07T22:13:53.704-07:002011-09-07T22:13:53.704-07:00OK then write it like you do, because it will help...OK then write it like you do, because it will help you over the fear. And will make him more comfortable. Believe it or not math can be fun... you can make virtually anything fun. Even dissection... get a fresh killed chicken and pluck it, or remove the skin with the feathers for some other project and make it into dinner after the science lesson. Ok maybe i need to go to bed.WildPrairieManxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05404531789536064618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034538852557504954.post-4419915486426134842011-09-07T22:12:48.241-07:002011-09-07T22:12:48.241-07:00That was understood. ;-)That was understood. ;-)Kathleen Petrideshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02207951720345188295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034538852557504954.post-37666127059297269682011-09-07T21:51:57.183-07:002011-09-07T21:51:57.183-07:00I forgot to say love and huggsI forgot to say love and huggsWildPrairieManxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05404531789536064618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034538852557504954.post-22357489647546364512011-09-07T20:40:24.624-07:002011-09-07T20:40:24.624-07:00Hey Pen. I don't have to do this. I know that....Hey Pen. I don't have to do this. I know that. I have enough folk saying "just give him the pill, he'll be fine. Kids survive every day" And I DO plan on enjoying some of the aspects of teaching the busy little monster. The FUN stuff of course...Already have an "autumn leaf" project ready to go and come next month, I'm going to have him do a paper mache halloween mask. Some of it won't be fun at all, some will be okay and some... well, we will see. I know that no one is making me do this, so I must WANT to... right? :-)Kathleen Petrideshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02207951720345188295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034538852557504954.post-20378171371587782672011-09-07T20:35:14.854-07:002011-09-07T20:35:14.854-07:00Oh I'm not brave. Not brave at all. I'm sc...Oh I'm not brave. Not brave at all. I'm scared stiff I'm going to blow this. But if I can get the kid to handle his adhd, learn to focus in school AND to actually keep up with his peers... I'll consider it a job well done and kick him out the door, onto the bus, back into school and get on with getting old and crotchety like I wanted to do THIS year!Kathleen Petrideshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02207951720345188295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034538852557504954.post-11098535072552807572011-09-07T20:33:31.679-07:002011-09-07T20:33:31.679-07:00All right Miss Negativity. Just stop and look at t...All right Miss Negativity. Just stop and look at this as if it were something you want to do. Because if you don't want to you will get nowhere. Fast. And have terrible repercussions. So plan to enjoy yourself and teach Theo to enjoy learning. Change your mind. How it is working, seeing and reacting. Assuming you love your son and he loves you, you want that to grow, not decline, and one of the worst things you can do is to do something for him grudgingly. I know. I experienced that. From my mother. On the other hand, I didn't know that my grandfather didn't want to take us in until I was 28 or so. Because once he made the decision he put his whole heart into it. And it was not even he who told me, it was my grandmother. So if you cannot, then feed him the pills and send him off to cope as best he can. Otherwise there will be regrets all around.WildPrairieManxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05404531789536064618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034538852557504954.post-76867333723249582372011-09-07T20:32:50.194-07:002011-09-07T20:32:50.194-07:00You're a braver Mom than I, Gunga Din ;)You're a braver Mom than I, Gunga Din ;)Margehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02673509267085990921noreply@blogger.com