A New Trick I've Found- To Get It done! ;)

Eureka!


I just wanted to share w/ you, in case it benefits one of you....
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Here I was having the toughest time getting my 7 yr. old son Cody to finish his chores, or his school work in a reasonable amount of time (he's got "distraction-itis"/ aka: ADHA) and w/ out getting distracted...

And..... so finally, I started using timers for every thing. (Well, not quite every thing... but when necessary; for those of you who may be technical.) ;)

Now... he has 2 min. to do each page... or 5, depending on what it is... or 5 min. to finish his chores... or whatever....

..and he does it! ...

and he loves it!! :)

He feels so accomplished!!

And he'll give himself a star... :)


He got his school work done way early THIS week!! Yay!! :)

What a winner of an idea!! What a relief!! Yay! :)


The timer kept him focused on the task at hand.

Therefore, it distracted him from getting distracted!! :)


Get THAT!! :) .... WOW!! :)

He is so much happier now... and so is Mama.... :)

So simple....

Eureka! :)

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By the way, you may be wondering about the ADHD thing....

Although we haven't officially had Cody tested, we've researched it, years ago, and he shows all the signs.

However, we don't believe in "labeling", so we don't usually go around calling him "ADHD" or as having a "dis-order". Nor do we believe that of so many other "disorders". It's not right to call someone as "dis-ordered" or "abnormal". God has created each person wonderfully UNIQUE, and WITH a special purpose for that uniqueness.

(I have more opinions on this, but more on this another time.....)

We don't want him to feel labeled, handicapped, or to use this as some kind of excuse for any thing at all......

In fact, ADHD has several positive attributes that we enjoy, such as:

Being highly passionate, loving, extra affectionate, compassionate, very intelligent,
sensitive & intense (can be a good/ not so good thing:)....


This is also why some of you may have found that Cody is so "hands on" whether it means he's been hanging on other kids, hugging them aggressively, or such....

Why he "freaks out" when there's LOUDNESS, or chaos going on....

Why he's so sensitive...

BUT>>>>> This is not to excuse him, and he does NOT get away w/ such things. It's dealt w/ just as it should be. ;)

ADHD people also can be hyper-FOCUSED. :) .... IF it's interesting enough, and uses enough of their senses. :)


Mozart, Beethoven, and Einstein, among others, have thought to be ADHD....