OK, let’s talk about oppositional behavior in young kids. Here’s a particularly unpleasant scenario.
You go to pick little Timmy up from preschool, and the teacher asks to have a word with you. Uh-oh. Feels like being called to meet with the principal.
No one can deny the recent spate of horrific school shootings. These awful occurrences are the subject of a different post, but perhaps most importantly, these relatively rare events threaten to overshadow an important and key fact about schools.
Schools are by far the safest place kids can be.
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Some kids just can’t seem to do what we expect of them, even the simplest of things—in school, at home and with other kids.
It’s not hard to see why they get labeled: sloppy, lazy, disorganized, won’t listen; or worse—defiant, self-centered, impossible to manage.