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We’ve admitted OOC ADD kids to the crisis unit. Erm, they’re a very very very special kind of out of control kid-— think Loony Toons Tasmanian Devil and hitting them just doesn’t work. You basically are fwamming away on a kid who barely notices you’re there and really doesn’t get cause and effect....because the cause is long past by the time the effect takes place.

I’ve seen them not even stop to eat.

I’m not saying a father wouldn’t be a good thing. What works best is a lot of one on one attention, structure and consistency. (And yes, sometimes meds if nothing else works).

Also, kids are growing bigger. I’ve seen a 90#, 4 year old. Granted, I usually see the kids off the charts in either direction. So his age could be right.

Yeah, I agree with kids getting bigger earlier.

I can go back to my old high school, and the oldest non-member of the school, aside from any parents there, but be one of the 5 shortest males there at any one time.

There’s still around a 4 1/2 year difference between me and the current crop of seniors.

It’s kinda scary to me. Thirteen year olds are a foot taller and outweigh me by 60lbs.

I still wonder why I don’t have my pistol permit.

A few years back my husband and I were teaching the three year olds in church. One was ADHD and had been considered mean by many of the children (and even some adults). Having worked with children like him my husband said he just needed to keep him focused. One day my husband was home and another lady helped me. The boy reacted for some reason. Screaming and kicking. She was trying to hold onto him and was about to get his parents. It took a few seconds (that seemed like forever to me) for me to remember "he's only 3 years old", snap into action, tell her to take the other kids where they needed to be, and let me deal with him. She left and I was able to focus on him for all of a minute and he calmed way down. It never took long. He just had to know that someone was aware of his needs. The lady said if he were her son she would have had him medicated already. She just did not know how to work with him.

His last day I overheard one of the kids in the group class saying, "He's the meanest kid ever." He had acted up just a little and I had taken him out in the hall long enough to remind him that he wanted to be in the room when his birthday was announced. When it was he had this incredible smile and it was obvious he was only a little boy who did not yet know how to express himself and would act out when other people could not take the time to understand him.