How do your adhd and their siblings get along what about other family members ?
Mine are fine one minute and fighting the next just like normal family's I expect lol
Do your adhd child have friends?
My son does he gets on with most people But tends not to stay with one friend for long he gets bored
We have the usual sibling issues, I remember similar as a child and we didn't have ADHD. The biggest issue is being consistent between them, our youngest copies her big (ADHD) sister and we need to be seen to discipline fairly.
My daughter seems to develop strong friendships with one person and only recently has spread her friendships further. She is very friendly and outgoing, she will talk to anyone, this feels like a symptom of her ADHD, a lovely and positive one. Occasionally she has trouble managing her emotions and I'd like to explore therapy for this. I'm worried as she gets older her friends will notice the difference and be less inclusive.
Sounds very much like my son he knows everyone and that was one worry as a child he would go off with anyone he.s only 8. My husband is the same mind talk to anyone he will . You might find her openness and friendliness will actually make her have more friends than some people.
Our son has friends but I don't get the feeling that they really appreciate and understand him yet but they are young.
Think the dramatic changes between getting on really well and fighting are fairly normal tbh. This is much more evident between my 2 youngest -non ADHD, aged 9 and 12- than their big brother ( ADHD) and any of his 3 siblings. The 2 younger boys are aware that big brother is "different " from most people and that he does " get shouty" if they wind him up, so they are pretty good at not annoying him unnecessarily. When our ADHD son was younger there were some issues between him and his big sister ( now 24) - he was tremendously time-consuming and family activities were compromised to some extent because of his behaviour and she found this hard to deal with. I think she found his ASD much harder to get her head round than the ADHD. They are ok now, get on fine for short periods, but will never be bosom buddies!
Our son has had issues with friendships over the years- again , he was one of the people everyone knew, but....
In secondary school ( mainstream, but with extra support for ASD children, so lots of them around) he tended to stick with " the other Aspie ( Aspergers ) kids. Now at the grand old age of 21 he seems to have a fairly wide social circle and several good mates ( non ASD/ADHD) and does all the normal stuff 21 year old lads do -pub/football matches/lounging round at each other's houses playing computer games etc
He does also enjoy going to the horse racing and enjoys a flutter on the horses-we thought that this would end in disaster as although his ADHD is much improved, some degree of impulsivity remains. However he is very self disciplined with his bets and we have never had to 'bail him out'
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