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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My 16 year old DS has ADHD. He’s also an athlete who practices 2-3 hours 6-7 days per week. He’s busy.

I wash and iron his clothes, get up in the morning to make breakfast, pack his lunch and drive him to school (because bus comes way too early).

He’s a nice kid.

But . . . He’s a slob and disorganized to the point that he has trouble functioning.

He hides food in his room. I bought one of those hotel wraps that you use like a bed skirt but it’s stiff so he can’t put bowls under his bed. I mean for years I’d find food under there and this was the only solution. He still puts candy wrappers, tissues, expensive asthma inhalers that are full and sometimes his Invisalign (why under the bed). He has a walk in closet and his own bathroom. Plenty of storage.

Today I found a $100 bill my mom gave him just pushed under the bed too.

He isn’t allowed a hamper in his room because he’d hide food in there and when he was too lazy to put the clothes I ironed away, he’d dump the ironed clothes in the tall hamper over the bowls.

He is always saying he used up his inhaler or has no underwear. Well I know just where to look.

Last year I asked him to put away the clothes on his floor - a bunch of new Vineyard Vines things I bought for back to school months prior. He never did. In December, I picked them up, wrapped them and gave them as Christmas presents. 10 months later, he has no idea.

I get it that I should be grateful he’s not doing drugs [b]but he refuses all help for ADHD and says he’s too busy for chores[/b] (he does a few of them in summer and just weekends though)

How can I get him to just put money in a safe place, not hide food under his bed and to value what he has?

I don’t think he can handle a job with school and sports but I know that would help this aspect of his life.

Is this normal?[/quote]

WTF? Who is the parent? Is his name on the mortgage?[/quote]

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