WALTER FIVE was thinking about Punishment and keyed into cyberspace:
WF>*** Quoting Bob Moylan to Andrew Grillet dated 05-19-97 ***
WF>>  Welll.... the so called "normal" child might make this abstract
WF>>  association depending on his/her age.  However, the child with
WF>>  ADD/ADHD will not simply because by the time any _punishment_ is
WF>>  meted out the transgression has been forgotten.
WF>Oh, I heartily DISAGREE. I am an ADHD adult. I *was* an ADHD child.
So far,that means that you know about YOUR ADHD. Not all ADHDers are 
created equal.
WF>I certainly KNEW what I was getting punished for, and *why*, most of
WF>the time. Usually it felt like an injustice, but doesn't it feel that
WF>way for most kids, no matter what their problems (if any)? Agressive
WF>behaviors  expressed in unhealthy and anti-social ways have GOT to be
WF>dealt with, for the sake of the child, and for the sake of the
WF>children that the child associates with. Anything less is
WF>irresponsible. "Trouble" caused by  curiosity, OTOH, is a different
WF>matter, and needs to handled with a different tack--kids need to
WF>learn about "Cause and Effect", especially ADHD kids.
Many ADHDers do not have the ability to distinguish cause and effect. 
Those that can, are lucky.
                ===>The Voice of Reason<===
                     mark.probert@juno.com
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