7th March 2008
[QUOTE=regnrs567;3475555]it is easier for her to get yelled at by you in her mind for misbehaving THAN TO ACTUALLY JUST DO THE CHORE.....her mind is probably so disorganized that it is more painful to try to clean her whole room.....
Oh, yeah. There were so many things I didn't do until my parents screamed at me for a while. A logical person says, "You know you're gonna get yelled at, then wind up doing it anyway, why not do it first?"
What the ADD child may not realize is that he WAS NOT ABLE to do the task before being yelled at! The yelling frightens the child, which releases stress hormones, which have about the same effect on the brain as Ritalin. Course, Ritalin doesn't usually make kids cry first.
Come to think of it, that's probably the best pro-medication argument I've ever heard. It beats many people's alternative, which is self-medication with adrenaline.
Oh, yeah. There were so many things I didn't do until my parents screamed at me for a while. A logical person says, "You know you're gonna get yelled at, then wind up doing it anyway, why not do it first?"
What the ADD child may not realize is that he WAS NOT ABLE to do the task before being yelled at! The yelling frightens the child, which releases stress hormones, which have about the same effect on the brain as Ritalin. Course, Ritalin doesn't usually make kids cry first.
Come to think of it, that's probably the best pro-medication argument I've ever heard. It beats many people's alternative, which is self-medication with adrenaline.