Kids And Coping With ADHD

This home education lark isn't getting any easier. Some days Kyle refuses point blank to do anything at all, and when he's in that mood absolutely nothing sways him. Threats don't work, rewards don't work, taking things away from him doesn't work, bribery doesn't work. It's really hard going on days like that.

Other days are better, he'll sit and watch documentaries on tv, do a few pages of English and Maths, then play some educational games on the pc.

Also having hellish problems with him not sleeping at night, he doesn't fall asleep until sometime between 2am and 3am on a good night, on a bad night he's up until 5am then sleeps until 11am!

Of course, being that I have to be constantly aware of what he's doing, it means I don't get a lot of sleep myself. I still have to be up at 7am to get Courtney all sorted and off to school, so every so often I feel totally burned out. We manage though, thankfully the bigger ones help me out every so often and watch Kyle so I can steal an hour or 2 of sleep in the afternoon. I don't think I could manage to function properly otherwise.

Anna

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