Wait Five Minutes
October 8, 2008 by Brenda
Filed under ADD Student, Life Skills
Ten or fifteen would be better.
What I’m talking about is that time of day when your ADD kid walks through the front door. Or maybe, if they get home before you, it’s when you walk in.
People with Attention Defiict Disorder have trouble transitioning from one thing to another. They need a few minutes to make the adjustment from one environment to the other. And no, the traveling time in between doesn’t count.
Haven’t you ever walked in the door from work (or any place at all) and felt attacked the moment you walked in? Everybody suddenly has demands and questions and the phone is ringing and you’re tired…
Don’t you just want to turn around and walk back out again?
Well, that’s kind of how your ADD child feels when they get home from school.
They’ve been there all day, it’s often not so easy for them there, and now, when they’ve finally arrived home, all you want to know is how was school, do you have homework, and what did you learn.
Take a few breaths. Let them get a snack and unwind a little bit. Then you can start finding out about their day.
You may even find they’re not so crabby that way 
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