> his  RF>  sake.  But our friends have a child with ADHD also and they
 EO> didn't mind 
 RF>  
 EO> It's nice to have your children's friends' parents be so helpful.  Are
 EO> they also friends of yours? 
 RF>  
 RF>  They are becoming so.  The father is an employee of my husbands.  We 
try  RF>  to be friends with them and they seem pretty nice.  
That helps a lot.  If something at work is bothering the husband, or his 
wife, she can talk it over with you before trying to bring it to your 
husband's attention...  Or you can mention it to him, to bring it into the 
open at work.  As long as nobody takes the position of trying to manipulate 
that friendship to twist what's going on at work...
 EO> If your kids can behave
 EO> themselves in school with a diagnosis of ADHD, I think the diagnosis
 EO> is inaccurate.  Are you working during school hours? 
 RF>  
 RF>  No the diagnosis is accurate.  Jonathon was brought up in a secluded 
area
 RF>  for a few year so he was really anti-social.  First he was quiet and 
as
 RF>  afraid of most kids , then he would hit them as he 
 RF> became more comfortable and tease them.  He did a lot of squirming and 
 RF> fidgeting and daydreaming in school.  He just didn't get into really big 
 RF> trouble.  Teachers loved him alot though.  They said it was his long  
RF> eyelashes.  They would look at his big brown eyes and feel sorry for 
I knew teachers like that...  They did the child no favors by promoting kids 
to the next grade, but some of their "sympathy cases" would have gotten 
beaten at home if the teacher had tried to get them involved with their 
child's education...  (I was aid for just such a teacher...  Watch the little 
guy turn on the waterworks, and see him get off the hook)
 RF> him.  But because he was not a real big trouble maker they would call 
him  RF> lazy.  Jeremy is a little bit of an introvert.  He kidda acts shy.  
This  RF> year (2nd grade) he has been sent to the office several times.  The 
 RF> principle understood the problem to a degree and never suspended him.  
He  RF> tried to threaten him with that, but Jeremy said OH WELL.  He just 
didn't  RF> care.  Although, he did, cause he came home and went to him room 
crying.   RF> They seem to have some kind of respect for the classroom.  
Maybe because  RF> I am always there.  Talking to the teachers, principle, 
and involving  RF> them in any special after school or summer program this 
district can  RF> offer them.  They all know me.  Yet I still don't get 
enough cooperation.
Overworked, underpaid, little help...  I know the list of reasons...
 RF>  No I don't work,  I use to though.  I was going to volunteer at school, 
 RF> but I decided to take a year and relax.  Now I will be homeschooling 
this  RF> next year.
Sounds like a plan...  Good fortune!
B*B!
Eileen
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