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04/24/2012 04:30 PM
princessmom
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My daughter is 15 almost 16 and has ADD. She does take adderall for many years now. I am worried she is not understanding life skills as other 15 year olds are. At this age I was able to care for myself, kept good grades, worked 30 hours a week and still had time to get into typicl teen trouble. She has a very high IQ but stuggles getting homework turned in. She does homework allllll the time yet she had 48 missing assignments. She does not want a part time job, does not want to drive, she just wants to stay with her group of friends and robotics club. She seems to function on a 13 maybe 14 year old level. I am nervous she is not getting the skills needed to function on her own (on the level a 16 year old should). Any ideas on hoe to help her grow?

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04/28/2012 06:45 AM  Top
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Morning princessmom

Often times Add and ADHD kids get focused on one thing and that's it or they focus on several things which become overwhelming.

Seems your daughter just wants her friends and her club right now. Does her school offer any programs like home economics?

Have you thought of volunteer work? Having a job sure would help and teach her to learn to earn her way in life, have an amount of money that can be spent and saved.

If this is not what she wants right now volunteering can be just as rewarding and can teach her skills, responsibility and would be a great trial run for a job.

It would teach her commitment. When her chores at home are finished (if you require them) and her job (volunteering) is done for the day then she can spend some time with her friends.

This will also teach her how to manage her day and the time spent in it. And everything else she has to do other than that job. This may help get her ready for the real one.

She has to take it seriously though.

If she does well, she can even put it on a future job resume. They love seeing things like that.

I hope this helped some

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