Helping a Clumsy Child
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Anonymous
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DD, now age 9, has been unusually clumsy and inattentive her whole life. She frequently knocks glasses and dishes off the dinner table with her elbows, bumps into things because she wasn't paying attention, pulls on coat hangers and towel racks that won't hold her weight, pulls too hard on loose knobs or hooks hanging from the wall and tilts over tables and chairs by sitting on them unevenly. If you put anything close to the edge of the table or counter, there is a high risk she will knock it off somehow. She is always very remorseful, sometimes even distraught, after accidents happen. Yet, they keep happening. Reminders to "be careful" and "pay attention" only annoy her and do not change behavior. She is not hyperactive and has no trouble paying attention at school. Indeed, she has no significant developmental delays, except nearsightedness, and the cause of our accidents generally seems to be not thinking and not looking rather than not being able to see. The vast majority of accidents occur at close range.
Advice, please! |
Anonymous
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Ease up on the poor girl. She's a klutz.
You might be able to get her a diagnosis of sensory isses or mild ADHD. Or you could help her live with herself by backing off and helping her with moving glasses to the middle of the table and cleaning up spills and messes. |
Anonymous
| Does she possibly have eye issues causing problems with depth perception? |