re: 8 year old having trouble with attention span

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He’ll forget to sign his name to each page or sometimes skips a math problem or two on tests.

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After he finishes each test have him to quickly scan the entire test from question 1 to the end to make sure he answers every question. This is a good habit that he will continue through college too.

Please make sure he is getting enough sleep

What’s bed time? How much sleep is he getting?

My daughter recently turned 9 and I could have easily wrote that exact same post a year ago. I didn't because I knew she was just being a kid. Just keep encouraging him to listen better and not respond to his friends when they're not supposed to be talking.
Over that last 6 months she has transitioned big time and is doing amazingly well now, I mean noticably so. Don't let one person, including a teacher, impact your opinion so much.

He is a highly creative 8 year old boy who is bored by the fact that he is stuck in a classroom of underachievers. Trust me, he needs to be challenged and this classroom/school isn’t doing that.

Put him on pills as soon as possible. Can’t have our boys being creative or developing social skills

thanks trump.

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I had ADD once as a kid for about 8 hours before my dad got ahold of me. Cured to this day.

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Love these posts. People talking about things they know nothing about.

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Love these posts. People talking about things they know nothing about.

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No there are people who do need medication. But I guarantee over 50% of people who are diagnosed with ADD/ ADHD are truly not.
My daughter got diagnosed with ADHD at 8 years old, I agreed and put her on medication because the teachers were shoving it down my throat. After about 3 weeks of her taking the medication, I got compliments on how she is changing for the better, but all the things that were changing were the things that made her who she was.
I instantly felt horrible. I was changing my straight A, TAG student ( both academic and talented (drawing), because she is social, likes to give hugs, and has an imagination and personality. So I took her off, and magically at 12 years old, while she still is everything I said, she has learned on her own to not be compulsive.
But what I find funny is, she probably is ADD idk, seems normal to me. She is sanctioned 504, but can't get the benefits that other 504 students get because she doesn't take medication???? Not that I want her to, but you would think schools would help the students more when they are trying to cope and learn without medication, than the ones who take medication.