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[quote=Anonymous]Have you brainstormed with him about things that would make this less stressful? For example, my daughter has told me that I absolutely cannot ask her how her day was. She actually sent me a funny video about a teenager talking about how her parents were attacking her every day after school by asking this question. She wants to come home and watch 15-20 minutes of a show with me and only after that can we discuss school. I can then go through with her class by class and help her make a list of all she needs to get done that night. Sometimes we agree that she will just take an extra day to get something done (she has this accommodation). If there aren’t penalties for turning things in late, you might just decide to save them for the weekend.

Also, I went on cymbalta for pain management during peri and middle school. It took the edge off how angry I got. I also have a wonderful husband in many ways, but they are both ADHD and doing homework together is a total disaster.

I also have a kid for whom my negativity just makes things a million times slower. She is going to do better and go faster if I’m like “that’s great, you did three math problems already. Let’s see if you can get through the next 7 and then I will bring up some popcorn” instead of “OMG how have you only done three math problems in 30 minutes” (which is what I want to say).

You also can take a step back and see what happens. Last quarter of freshman year isn’t a terrible one to let the balls drop. And really try to do fun stuff with your kid. Watch a movie, play minigolf, let him teach you a video game, etc. In fact, letting him teach you something that he is good at and you are not good at might be a really good experience for both of you.[/quote]

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