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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My ADHD middle schooler does not seem to accept responsibility, at all, for his mistakes. It ranges from making bad choices with time management (not conceding that these choices are the reason he isn't getting his work done) to the farcical, like misplacing his phone for a week and somehow contriving that it is his parents fault. Help! Any ideas here?[/quote]

OP if it gives you ANY comfort, you are not alone. For my 8th grade DS time management isn't too much of an issue and he is really good about not losing his things.  That said, he did start the blame-game last year and it is aggravating.  Everything EVERYTHING is someone else's fault.  If he talks out in class, he blames it on some random student  :oops:   If he touches another student, its that student's fault etc.  I remind him that blaming another student is going to make it difficult for him to make and keep friends.

Last Friday I had had enough of the BS of blaming others and took all electronics away from him. He spent the whole weekend without a phone or his laptop - which was very hard for him. We ended up spending good family time together. Watched a few educational programs, ran errands together etc.  He earned his stuff back yesterday by proving to us that he could improve on those behaviors.  He knows that if he/when he repeats those same behaviors again then I just take all his stuff away again.

I don't know if my tactic will work in the long run, but when you have kids like ours you're left with throwing spaghetti at the wall, and seeing what sticks! [/quote]

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