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echo: adhd
to: REGINA FINAN
from: MARIE WEIDEMANN
date: 1997-02-18 02:38:00
subject: Re: Ad(h)d Children

 MW> If you think it would help...:) One of the things that I have found
 MW> that works best for me, is to keep a sense of humor...I laugh at
 MW> myself as much as I can...I think this is what helped me through the
 MW> rough spots when the kids were little....
 
 RF> Yeah, we do that alot, except we have to be careful with the kids. 
 RF> They still haven't been able to laugh at such things.
 
 MW> When I started the laughing, I would tell them I was laughing at
 MW> myself.. at the silly things I said or whatever...I made sure they
 MW> knew I was not laughing at them, just the situation... It was very
 MW> important for them to know I was not laughing at them.
 RF> Oh, I understand that but Jeremy would not.  Laughing at the
 RF> situation would cause an episode, unless the situation was mine or one
 RF> of the other kids.
 I gather he is very sensitive about himself then...Well, then you have to
 handle him different, I guess...it's like walking on eggs, isn't it...
 Marie
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