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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As the parent of an ADHD high schooler who was diagnosed in second grade,  I'm going to strongly side with your husband.  Read up on the concept of scaffolding.  Your kid needs LOTS of support now.  As habits become engrained and his brain starts to mature, you can pull back.  It is not "better to let him fail now."  If he fails now, he will never recover.

As it is, he is probably way behind where he could be because you took so long to get him diagnosed.  You need to educate yourself about ADHD because your instincts are just wrong.

My DH and I helped our son the way your DH is doing for years, but he is going into 11th grade and I haven't logged into his assignments now in two years.  Had we let him fail in middle school, he wouldn't have magically figured it out on his own. [/quote]

NP here and I agree with this. Also, OP if your child is not on meds, you may have to go that direction. I have a daughter. We (well, mostly my husband) resisted moving to meds for several years but it was the right decision.[/quote]

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