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[quote=Anonymous]OP, I get your frustration, but I think you have to consider that everyone else has to deal with this diagnosis in their own way, and it takes time to come to acceptance. Just because are fine with it doesn't mean they have made that journey on their own. These are your child's family members and they have their own dreams and desires for him, and accepting that he perhaps won't be exactly the grandchild they envisioned takes time.

There's a 2nd thing which I also want to say, which is that ADHD kids often do well with the kind of structured, authoritarian parenting that came more easily to a previous generation. Not that it solved all their problems or that our approach today isn't better in some ways. But I watch first time parents with their kids and sometimes it is frustrating seeing how ineffective they are, and I think that is a lot of grandparents' experience regardless of a child's issues. Even if your father and stepmom find him frustrating too, and he is more difficult than some other children to manage, it doesn't mean that your approach is the only one or the most effective.[/quote]

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