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ADHD Poem

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frazledworkingmum · 25/10/2010 21:44

I was researching ADHD (as my DS has recently been diagnosed) when I came across this poem. It really struck a chord with me Sad so I thought I would share it with you all.

(Sorry if this has been posted before !)

THE PLAYGROUND
I stand alone in the playground
No one talks to me
I see the looks, and hear their whispers;
She?s the mother of the ?little beast?

The boy who can?t sit still in the classroom
The one that fools around
The child who torments others
And throws himself to the ground.

She must be a useless parent
No control or restraint
We?ll go and see the headmistress
And make a formal complaint.

We want the ?looney? expelled
You know the one we mean
The boy who runs around the playground
As if driven by a machine.

Who send the other children flying
Cuts and bruises everywhere
Get rid of the little menace
How you do it, we don?t care.

The ?brat? whose been banned at lunchtime
The boy who has no friends
The boy whose never invited to parties
And Christmas cards ? not one was sent.

The child who cries because he?s a loner
Through no choice of his own
Who struggles in the classroom
And is made to sit alone.

The boy who lags behind
As hard as he may try
Who at the age of seven
Can barely read and write

And so I continue to stand alone
No one talks to me
The mother of a little boy
Who?s been diagnosed with ADHD

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fightingthezombies · 25/10/2010 21:49

SadSadSad
This is really sad,yet so true too. Making me really upset as it has reminded me how lonely ds is.

frazledworkingmum · 25/10/2010 21:54

Sorry - didn't mean to upset you !

It was the bits about about being a loner, having no friends and not being invited to parties that bought a lump to my throat Sad

On a more positive note, my DS is going on his 'real' playdate this week - he is so excited, but I'm a bit nervous about how it will go !

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MadameSin · 25/10/2010 22:11

Hmm, my ds is ADHD and I don't feel like this person at all - I've never stood alone in the playground. DS gets party invites, play dates, friends and xmas cards. Sorry it's so bad for you, it sounds awful Sad

keepingupwiththejoneses · 25/10/2010 23:35

madamesin you are very lucky. I have a ds with adhd and work with parents with children with adhd and we would all say this poem is pretty much dead on. In the whole of primary school, my ds was invited to about 5 parties in the whole of primary school and never went on a play date.

frazledworkingmum · 26/10/2010 05:59

on my message I meant to say 'first' real play date !

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mariagoretti · 26/10/2010 09:19

I did feel like the mum in the poem two years ago. I really don't now. I'm posting to try and say that things can and do get better, I think pre-diagnosis is the worst bit. DS is still hard work... but we're coping much better and he is managing some birthdays. playdates are still a challenge cos we can only do short, spontaneous ones on a good day, and without sibs.

Various things helped: the specialised ADHD parenting class, the extra help in school, counselling for me, doing lots and lots of work on social skills, a fantastic Beaver colony with great leaders, a SN parent support group, medication, specialised behavioural tactics and constantly explaining to the other parents (I know that's not everyones choice).

The misery is real, and horrid... and might get better.

mariagoretti · 26/10/2010 09:22

There's a lovely children's book called Zak has ADHD which made both me and DS feel better

mustbemadno3 · 26/10/2010 20:31

I think that poem is spot on. And is exactly how I feel in the playground.

That sounds a great book mariagoretti will try and get hold of it.
And yes the misery is real and horrid and only some days are just better than others.
Its difficult to imagine that things will get better as things have just become worse the older ds has got.

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