-=> Quoting Bob Moylan to Amber Floyd <=-
 BM> Amber Floyd On (11 Oct 96) was overheard to say to Regina Finan
 
 AF>         Tam is always very embarased by her out of control behavior
 AF> after the fact, and quite apolojetic.  If I ask her why we had to go
 AF> thru all of that, she does the "I dunno" bit.
 BM> ...with a little shrug of the shoulders thrown in?  We still see this
 BM> quite a bit, altho not as often as a year or so ago.  Our son is 9
 BM> 1/2 now.  In school his behavior is near perfect (whatever THAT is);
 BM> he goes to an after school activity run by our city Parks and Rec
 BM> Dept.  The woman who runs that has said more than once this year that
 BM> she'd like to have a dozen more "role models" just like him.  I'm
 BM> convinced these temper tantrums are situational...at least for
 BM> William...he must feel that it's safer to do this at home than out
 BM> and about someplace...
 BM> Bob
 Your right.  They can let the pressure of trying so hard at school and
 other places out at home.  My Jeremy was like that until last year.
 Than he starting having small attitude problems with his teacher and
 several times refused to finish school.  It seems each year the demands
 made on him started to get harder to control his emotions and this
 year .......well he lets it all out.  Many people think that ADHD
 children act out of control all the time, but that is not necessarily
 the case.  Some are ok at school, because of the structure and their
 own pressure they put on themselves.  Then when they get home they
 are comfortable and react to the kind of day (pressure-wise) they
 had.  My kids also behave at other people's homes.  The only time
 I see a problem is after about 2 1/2 hours or if they don't have
 enough physical activity to do.  People are always telling me what
 wonderfully behaved children I have.  Thats when I say Can I leave
 them here for a week.  Then tell me that.  Actually that is probably
 a blessing for me.
 Regina
... Discoveries are made by not following instructions.
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