[May 26, 97 - 10:12] Walter Five of 1:106/7315 wrote to Bob Moylan:
>>  Welll.... the so called "normal" child might make this abstract
>>  association depending on his/her age.  However, the child with
>>  ADD/ADHD will not simply because by the time any _punishment_ is
>>  meted out the transgression has been forgotten.
WF> Oh, I heartily DISAGREE. I am an ADHD adult. I *was* an ADHD child.
WF> I certainly KNEW what I was getting punished for, and *why*, most of the
WF> time. Usually it felt like an injustice, but doesn't it feel that way for 
My son will, if questioned, give the right answers to those questions: but he 
doesn't seem able to internalize this knowledge.  He knows it's wrong, he 
knows he'll get punished, but he does it anyways and doesn't seem to make the 
connection.  This is very troubling and frustrating to me and my wife: the 
kid is 16, and does a variety of "wrong" things ranging from the bizarre (not 
bathing or brushing his teeth) to stealing from family members.
Jerry Schwartz
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