Second here, for my sister so it is on opposite side because my father has spanked her so numerous time for nasty behavior due teenage so hard to get deal with it so my father decided not spank anymore but rather to take many of her worth belongs away and grounded more frequently so she has been threat about send to juvenile or bootcamp if it doesn't work out, after her 18th so she seems improving so much and has ADD, it is hard to get deal with ADD too.
I have ADD myself as well.
Looking back at how I was, I have to thank my parents for being very patient with me because I can see how hard I can be. I was very feisty as well as I would say what was on my mind.
My parents always had to keep an eye on me more than my two sisters because they knew I would talk back to older people. My parents just knew I refuse to accept older people telling me what to do and I would tell them off, yes, even when I was like 7 years old and they were like 60 years old.
I was never afraid to sign "F_ off!" Some older people would criticise my parents and say they were very bad parents. I grew up and those same people would say to my parents, "Oh your daughter Patty has improved and behaves much better now!!"
I would go to them and say "No, I have ADD. This causes me to respond like this and please do not judge my parents because they have no control over how I reply."
Guess what happens, they still think they have a right to judge me because I have ADD yet they pity me because I am DeafBlind.
Interesting, eh? Some people need to educate themselves about children growing up as adults with ADD. It is very frustrating. Those with ADD have different approaches, take me for an example. I type type type a lot, when I am not on line, I sign sign sign a lot.
How do I control myself? This is why I do a lot of crafts, I keep my hands busy because if I don't keep my hands busy, I would eat eat eat. That's how I control myself and my ADD.