It's another win for January and my fantastic hobby. I won this great set of Jack Dash books by Sophie Plowden from Parents in Touch on twitter. My son was overjoyed when I gave them to him today and I paid the massive price of £0 to see that smile. All it cost me was the time I took to retweet the post, a couple of seconds. I am a massive fan of reading and have a full and varied bookcase to show for it but I also think it is massively important for children to read. Not only does it improve their imagination, and educate them it helps them to focus and this is a challenge that my son Connor deals with on a daily basis. He has ADHD and struggles to focus among other things. Reading is something we have found helps him to focus and interests him enough to be an alternative activity to his video games. I have been trying to cut his tech time down. He owns a PS4, Xbox One and A Nintendo Switch. His ADHD makes it harder for him to focus on things but when it comes to video games he has an amazing attention span. We got to the point where a day out at the zoo was miserable for him and us because all he wanted to do was be at home playing his consoles. That's when we knew we had a problem on our hands. We decided that we would set him an hour a day for tech time while still be able to watch tv a little bit throughout the day. We had some major resistance at first temper tantrums would be an understatement, but after a while improvements in his behaviour were beginning to show. He was more polite and didn't have as short a fuse as usual and he also wanted to go outside and play with his friends instead of being cooped up in his room. This was a few years ago and since then his tech time has been increased to three hours a day, but Connor knows that if he his behaviour goes downhill the time he has can be decreased at any point.
As a parent it is hard to know where to draw the line and as a parent of a child with ADHD it can be even harder. It's a battle to discipline and do the best for them without punishing them for something that is out of their control. There is no right or wrong answer everyone knows what is right for their own child and in my case I got lucky and perseverance won the day that's not to say it always goes right lol! If you are experiencing a similar situation take a look at this article on Psychology Today I found it helped me to understand why when my son could focus on nothing the video games became a way for him to escape. Another Web find that I found really usual was this article on WebMD a guide to disciplining a child with ADHD. Thank you for visiting my blog Just Holly Maire x x x
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