MW>  Some of my grandchildren are on medicine and it seems to be helping
 MW>  cope much better..they are more attentive and not as angry all the
 MW>  One of the great things about this echo is that all the parents her
 MW>  gone through a great deal working with their children. And they are
 MW>  to help others handle and understand their children...It is good to
 MW>  that you are not alone...
 MP> Marie, you have raised kids with AD(H)D and now watch you grandkids 
 MP> being raised. Were your kids medicated?
 No, they were not medicated because they were "just hyperactive"...that
 is what the doctors told me back then...I did have one doctor tell me 
 that he thought one of my sons may have a Attention Span Deficiency. But
 he thought it has something to do with poor parenting..and the oldest was
 examined by a Psychiatrist who said his hyperactivity was a result of his
 being "gay"...(He was six years old at the time, he grew up to be a father
 of two and is divorced now...but he still likes women).. Needless to say,
 I didn't have to much faith in the doctors back then...Now it is different.
 
 MP> If they were not, what differences do you see in the lives of your
 MP> kids  and your grandkids?
 One of the big differences I see in my grandchildren is they have more of
 a tendency to violence then my children did when growing up...It may have
 something to do with the fact that parents today are a little more worried
 to correct a child. I admit my kids got swats on the backside from time to
 time and they didn't get as mouthy back then..but perhaps I am just looking
 at it through time and no longer see a clear picture...I just know that I
 could take all 8 of my kids out to friends houses and would be invited back.
 Even with "hyper" kids...We did live in the country though, and the kids 
 played outside a lot...
 My grandchildren (at least the boys) all seem to have a very nasty streak
 with their parents...they *don't* seem to get nasty with me though. Perhaps
 because I am not with them all the time, I don't know..I am much stricter
 with them. When I say no, they know I *mean* no...and when I say don't 
 touch something, they don't...consistency perhaps..
 My adult children have found outlets for their hyperness...They all have
 some sort of talent and channel it there..They work with their hands..
 building things or painting or fixing something...they keep busy most of 
 the time..but when it comes to quiet time, they still bounce around...can't
 talk on a phone without pacing up and down or kick their feet or move their
 hands...some part of their body keeps moving...(I have the same problem)
 I do see a big difference in my grandchild though...but they were this way
 before the medicine, nasty I mean...with the medicine they seem more in
 control. It has made a difference in them...
 Marie
... We carry within us wonders we seek without us. - Sir Thomas Browne
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