A Round Unvarnish'd Tale

Thanks for the thoughts and links, everyone!

2012-05-26T07:20:07.152-05:00

Thanks for the thoughts and links, everyone!

Aw, thanks, Myrtle. Mine, too!

2012-05-26T07:17:36.100-05:00

Aw, thanks, Myrtle. Mine, too!

I have one too. She has a difficult time socially...

2012-05-25T17:33:19.374-05:00

I have one too. She has a difficult time socially, especially at church. I have thought about getting her evaluated for SPD, but she had such a deep emotional component to her behaviors that I don't know if it would be beneficial even if she did qualify for OT. I have found the information and techniques at handinhandparenting.org to be helpful in navigating the emotional roller coaster with her. One caveat with that website is that they come from the assumption that all children are good by nature. We know that the opposite is true but I have found that by using the techniques I am more able to put the best construction on her behaviorrather than operating from the default mindset that she is behaving a certain way just to ne difficult.

I run around the world of internationally adopted ...

2012-05-25T10:47:56.531-05:00

I run around the world of internationally adopted kids coming out of orphanages -- they bring a ton of challenges to parents.

I have an ADHD kid on medication which has been a life savior for him -- he can hyper-focus when I don't want him though! Now that he's in high school we are seeing lots of executive function type concerns. I lovingly refer to myself as Alex's extra 'pre-frontal cortex'.

The highly sensitive child reminds me of sensory integration disorder which the post-institutional kids and their families have to manage.

http://www.sensory-processing-disorder.com/sensory-processing-disorder-checklist.html

Hmmm. Cheryl, glad you are figuring out your sensi...

2012-05-25T10:45:02.967-05:00

Hmmm. Cheryl, glad you are figuring out your sensitive boy. My sister's boy, also named Evan :-), could identify with a lot of this. She said he had "Sensory Integration Disorder". I remember last year we were on vacation together. They had just arrived and she had put Evan in a sleeping bag. Everyone was exhausted, but Evan was bothered by the texture of his sleeping bag on his feet. He had worn sandals and had no socks. In desperation my sis' put my Dad's sweaty, stinky socks that he had worn all day onto Evan's feet. It worked, thank goodness.

"Attention Deficit Disorder" has always ...

2012-05-25T10:38:44.698-05:00

"Attention Deficit Disorder" has always seemed a misnomer to me. It's not that these kids don't pay attention or have a deficit in that category; on the contrary, they pay attention to EVERYthing! Maybe it should be called "Focus Deficit Disorder."

Reading this just makes my heart sing!

2012-05-24T14:57:27.761-05:00

Reading this just makes my heart sing!

:D

2012-05-22T18:37:40.844-05:00

Aw, what a nice thing to say, Leah. Thank you! The...

2012-05-22T07:40:20.904-05:00

Aw, what a nice thing to say, Leah. Thank you! The funny follow-up is that Evan totally embraced writing the apology notes. It really didn't seem like a punishment but was more like writing letters to his friends. As he was writing each one he was enjoying talking and thinking about the recipient and wondering if the recipient would be happy to get a note from him. He decided to write the notes in the order of severity of offense--doing the ones first for those people he thought he was most rude to. He was much pickier than I would have been about neatness, erasing and erasing again when things didn't look like he wanted them to. And all the children he wrote notes to were incredibly gracious and kind (most of them were a few years older). In fact one lovely young lady drew a picture and wrote him back, which thrilled him. All in all, a really good experience.

What a good mom you are.

2012-05-22T02:16:55.336-05:00

What a good mom you are.

:( J.S.

2012-05-20T19:25:20.357-05:00

:(

J.S.

and that Malkie72 comment was me. Hubby was still ...

2012-05-15T16:06:34.150-05:00

and that Malkie72 comment was me. Hubby was still signed in. Oops!

Suzanne

Fun poem! I enjoyed it. It reminds me a bit of me....

2012-05-15T16:01:40.732-05:00

Fun poem! I enjoyed it. It reminds me a bit of me. I'm a terrible liar.. that is, terrible at lying.

What a lovely synopsis of the day! Thank you, Che...

2012-05-12T17:21:40.510-05:00

What a lovely synopsis of the day! Thank you, Cheryl!

Haha, I love it! Seems incredibly accurate. :)

2012-05-10T11:28:13.055-05:00

Haha, I love it! Seems incredibly accurate. :)

Yes, Melody! And each day brings me that much clos...

2012-05-09T11:05:03.892-05:00

Yes, Melody! And each day brings me that much closer to not having one anymore. :-(

Aren't little boys the best?

2012-05-09T10:53:45.059-05:00

Aren't little boys the best?

Blessed indeed!

2012-05-09T10:50:41.907-05:00

Blessed indeed!

Gary loves Sandra Bullock, so we got the movie. A...

2012-05-05T14:04:25.370-05:00

Gary loves Sandra Bullock, so we got the movie. After about half an hour, he couldn't take it anymore. He left but I didn't want to stop mid-story. I still have mixed feelings about it. But what you explained (especially in the second paragraph) certainly describes what it was that made me keep watching and (even years later) keep wondering.

I think this must often happen to parents whose ch...

2012-05-05T13:36:43.971-05:00

I think this must often happen to parents whose children leave the faith. Sigh.

It's good to see a positive review of this mov...

2012-05-05T12:39:36.790-05:00

It's good to see a positive review of this movie. My sister and I watched it around the time it was released on DVD and neither of us cared much for it. I think it wasn't so much the idea of the plot as the plot itself that bothered us. We both felt there were a lot of gaping holes in the storyline. Maybe I ought to try watching it again sometime.

:-P

2012-05-03T23:16:11.635-05:00

:-P

You so crazy, Cheryl. I'm glad our internet re...

2012-05-03T21:26:19.665-05:00

You so crazy, Cheryl. I'm glad our internet relationship is over. :)

Amen!!

2012-04-25T08:53:17.434-05:00

Amen!!

2012-04-25T08:53:02.453-05:00

Amen!!