re: Occupation Therapy for Children with ADD/ADHD

My parents simply never let me use ADHD as an excuse. Did the trick. Your kids are learning more than you might think. Because they have a lack of impulse control, they have learned to ingest information far quicker than normal children.

In my experience as someone with ADHD, and observing others, there are 2 things I've consistently noticed with ADD & ADHD kids that I don't see talked about much. A) they are more intelligent than average, because their brains gave learned to ingest information quicker. B) in situations where adrenaline is produced, we get a much higher dose than normal.

Both are completely anecdotal, but true in my experience, and B is something most parents don't realize they are dealing with. It takes longer for their kids to level out than they think, so it creates issues when the kids are still jacked up where normal kids have calmed down.

Btw, if you have ADHD, watch out. Its a dominant trait. Statistically, if one parent has it, 15 out of 16 kids will have it. My 9 month old son is so hyper my parents have said he makes me look like I was a calm baby, and I was a terror as a kid to anyone who wanted peace and quiet.

Edit: I'm one of the dumb ones, for the record.