Has your child’s teacher at school complained to you over and over again that your child is “hyperactive”? Have you just given your child a scolding each time and shrugged it off? If the repeated scoldings have not produced the desired effects time and again, then you might want to consider the fact that your child is actually suffering from a disorder, commonly known as Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder.
The scary part about this disorder is that it is quite easy to consciously overlook it. Why? Because most young children are generally bursting with energy and enthusiasm, as a result of which, they don’t really have a big concentration span. Moreover, the disorder is present in varying intensities in quite a number of children and as a result of that. Children do not exhibit prominent symptoms often, so it is quite easy to neglect them when they do surface. What is worse is that there isn’t really any scientific method of diagnosing the disease.
There are many common symptoms of course, by means of which you can draw your conclusions. The most common one is lack of concentration. Children who suffer from this disorder are highly restless and just can’t sit still! If you want them to sit and concentrate, they simply won’t. Of course, this is commonly seen in a vast majority of pre teens, so in addition to this, if your child exhibits sudden bouts of aggressiveness and anger, followed by a period of calm, you can draw a definite conclusion.
Other symptoms include extreme impulsiveness and total unawareness of imminent danger. These children are also quite immature mentally and often resort to attention seeking tactics which can be extremely demanding.
So as parents what can you do, to support a child with Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder? Firstly, you should watch your child carefully and observe them for the symptoms to actually figure out whether they’re suffering from this Disorder, then do take them to a trusted doctor.
They’re going to be given medication which will help to sort of calm them down. It might seem as though you have to give your child mild sedatives, but it is quite necessary. In addition to this, there is always the trusted behavioral therapy to help your child change their mannerism. You need to understand that your child is extremely sensitive and support them through this difficult phase in their life. That is after all, the duty of every parent. Good luck!
