'Each of my children has said, 'I’m just dumb, Mom.' It is hard to hear your kindergartner judge himself so harshly. How can they be convinced, already, that they are dumb? And, more importantly, how can we start building confidence back up?'
“I can’t do this! It’s too hard!” How many times have you heard your child say this, even before he attempts the task? With my son and daughter, who have attention deficit disorder , it leads to the circular and fruitless argument: “Yes, you can!” “No, I can’t!”
Children five to seven years old are developing their personalities and sense of self. It is hard to see a child suffer hits to his self-esteem. My neurotypical daughter approached me after she had, once again, defended her ADHD brother and sister to other children. “I’m sick and tired of having to defend them,” she complained. “They are really smart! They just don’t have the kind of smart that shows up well.
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