Teens with ADHD are more likely to skip school repeatedly. Do you know what to do to prevent that from happening?
If your child has ADHD or ADHD-like behaviors, you know the immediate, day-to-day struggles come with the territory: complaining, whining, talking back, defiance, meltdowns, energy “crashes”, moodiness, impulsiveness. Phew!
It can be physically and emotionally exhausting for you, your child, and your whole family.
But ADHD behaviors in your child are significant far beyond the inability to focus or transition from one activity to another. Take a look at these stats Tom Daly shares about how kids with ADHD are affected as they get older…
- 21 percent of teens with ADHD skip school repeatedly.
- 35 percent eventually drop out of school.
- ADHD children are much more likely to experiment with drugs and alcohol.
- ADHD children are more likely to get into accidents.
- When ADHD kids don’t do well in school, their self-esteem drops and they are less likely to succeed as adults.
Helping your child through his or her ADHD behavior is about way more than just making sure your family gets along better in the short term. That’s obviously important, and it’s the situation that gets most parents into action looking for ideas for dealing with the ADHD behaviors. (Many parents also want to stop getting notes home from their child’s teacher about their son or daughter’s bad behavior because it’s embarrassing and the parents feel helpless about what to do to make it better.)
But you also need to keep in mind that your child’s future is depending on your ability to help him through these difficult times. Skipping high-school? More tendency to get mixed up in drugs? These things can’t be ignored.
And if you’re worried that prescription drugs like Adderall or Ritalin are the only options…they aren’t. There are plenty of non-drug approaches you can use with your child to make things better right now and in the future. Here’s a resource you can use right now: FREE Online Lessons with Parenting Advice for ADHD… You don’t even have to fill out a form with your name and email. Just click on the link and you’ll see the lesson up at the top of the page.
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