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[quote=Anonymous]That is frustrating.

The phrase my therapist gave me to tell myself is “that does not belong to me”.  So, your DC’s behavior belongs to him not you.  It’s hard because our society likes to blame the parents, especially the mother.  You can keeping doing what you are doing and keep trying to solve the problem, but it is your son’s problem not yours- in that sense.  Just a little bit of separation helped me quite a bit, plus the therapy and the Calm App (I do the Daily Calm and the Daily Trip every day).

Things that have helped my kids and some of their friends:

Hard exercise first thing in the morning.  It takes the edge off for a bit.  I know adults that have to go out for a run or swim or row every morning to get through the day.   We walked the kids to school instead of the bus.  We walked the long way so that it was more than a mile and a half and less than 2- that was our sweet spot-even in snow and rain.   In the old days, my sister’s FIL was made to go out and dig holes every morning.

A mini trampoline in a separate area to go for 10-15 minutes during the day to burn off a bit more energy.  Our ES had one (probably several ) and it was well used.  The camps that are more inclusive should have something like this.  Jumping jacks periodically throughout the day works 8f there is no mini trampoline.

Camps that don’t have a lot of downtime work well too.  The ones that run them all the time.  For a camp experience, cubscout day camp is good because a parent is there to redirect.  It is only a week and parents each take a day, if PTO is an issue.

Summer Swim team instead of camp to get social interactions. For those that could be there all day, they would add in the group tennis lessons (probably better when your son is older).  The pool does wonders.

Reassessing the type and level of medication.  Kids have growth spurts and what works for a while suddenly stops working.  For my DC, stimulants made him worse, but the non-stimulants worked well.

Good luck and I hope you find what works for you. [/quote]

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