Guest guest Posted August 12, 1999 Report Share Posted August 12, 1999 Hi all, Theresa wrote: > . > Do any of you parents dread school starting as much as I do?Quite a few of > the kids on the teen list are seeing an increase in symptoms.I think this > may be why Ellen is sleeping so much.She had a rough time getting to school > last year and missed more days than she ever has Actually, first grade can't come soon enough for me. I don't have a teenager, of course, just a six-year-old extrovert who needs more stimulation and social contact than I can provide every day all summer. She has OCD and struggles with depression as well. Are there others out there whose kids actually do better when they have the structure of school filling up their days? Just curious. Take care, Lesli (S.F. Bay) > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 13, 1999 Report Share Posted August 13, 1999 HI: I think Steve is ready for school. Today took him running at the field next to the building where his new classroom is. He seemed eager to check out his new classroom. I know his homeroom teacher and he is a wonderful person and a very stimulating, if demanding, teacher. Steve has been reading a lot, books, magazines and the local paper to get ready for school. Also a girl called him at home and asked him whose class he was going to be in! Tonight we went out to dinner and we were alone in my car together and we discussed this. As I was the one who picked up the phone he thinks I am the only one in the family who knows a girl called him. He was a bit embarrassed but also proud. I asked him why he didn't call girls and ask them what class they were going to be in and he just said he wasn't up to it. We agreed it was one brave girl to call him up! It is so wonderful to see him happy and optimistic about the new school year. He will be taking ceramics with the art teacher he had last year and she was great with him. We are still trying to set up his 504 meeting with the teachers. I have been waiting two weeks to have my phone call returned and will have to become a pest next week. For new (to the list) parents who may not know about Steve, he has come a very long way from having severe OCD so that he could not even face going to school for months and he was very depressed and attempting suicide for a couple of months. It is like having a new kid. We agreed tonight that we have been to hell and back together and are quite a team. He is starting 7th grade and was dxed in 5th grade. Good luck to everyone as the new school year starts. Take care, aloha, Kathy (Ha) kathyh@... At 08:54 PM 8/12/99 -0700, you wrote: >From: Masoud Molaei <desk@...> > >Hi all, > >Theresa wrote: > >> . >> Do any of you parents dread school starting as much as I do?Quite a few of >> the kids on the teen list are seeing an increase in symptoms.I think this >> may be why Ellen is sleeping so much.She had a rough time getting to school >> last year and missed more days than she ever has > >Actually, first grade can't come soon enough for me. I don't have a teenager, >of course, just a six-year-old extrovert who needs more stimulation and social >contact than I can provide every day all summer. She has OCD and struggles >with depression as well. Are there others out there whose kids actually do >better when they have the structure of school filling up their days? Just >curious. > >Take care, >Lesli (S.F. Bay) > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 13, 1999 Report Share Posted August 13, 1999 Hi Lesli and list, yes, I'm counting the days until kindergarten begins. I'm exhausted from hosting friends and ferrying Kellen to any and every activity, camp and other event I could find over the summer. Last year preschool took up quite a bit of the slack in our day-to-day schedule and I realized three weeks after it ended that it was going to be a *long* summer if we didn't get some activities going and some semblence of a schedule in place. She is much happier when busy, and her ocd is a much bigger problem for her when she has too many hours on her hands. I read somewhere that very few people with ocd are extroverts, but my daughter is one of them. Her outgoing personality is part of what made accepting the idea that she has an *anxiety* disorder so hard. I had the mindset that someone with an anxiety disorder would have always been quiet, shy, introverted, slow to warm up in social settings, etc., the exact opposite of my child from birth. We're just back from two days at King's Island Amusement Park in Ohio, two very long and busy days, and I'm thinking if we could live there Kel would almost not have ocd anymore . . . :-) Kathy R. in Indiana On Thu, 12 Aug 1999 20:54:15 -0700, Masoud Molaei wrote: >From: Masoud Molaei <desk@...> > >Hi all, > >Theresa wrote: > >> . >> Do any of you parents dread school starting as much as I do?Quite a few of >> the kids on the teen list are seeing an increase in symptoms.I think this >> may be why Ellen is sleeping so much.She had a rough time getting to school >> last year and missed more days than she ever has > >Actually, first grade can't come soon enough for me. I don't have a teenager, >of course, just a six-year-old extrovert who needs more stimulation and social >contact than I can provide every day all summer. She has OCD and struggles >with depression as well. Are there others out there whose kids actually do >better when they have the structure of school filling up their days? Just >curious. > >Take care, >Lesli (S.F. Bay) > >> > >> >> > > > > >--------------------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 15, 1999 Report Share Posted August 15, 1999 HI Kathy: I was interested in what you wrote about personalities and OCD. We also were very shocked that Steve was the one with the anxiety disorder. He was always such a risk taker, a leader and seemed fearless. From what I have read about adult OCDers the experts note that OCDers come with all kinds of personalities. Probably this is the same for our kids. How wonderful that Kellen had an OCD vacation. This was quite similar for Steve, especially when away from home, and luckily we have also noticed that now he is able to work more at the top of his hierarchy confronting fears. He is also managing to do this with greatly reduced " verbal diarrhea " and upset. Good luck keeping Kellen busy after summer is over. Take care, aloha, Kathy (Ha) kathyh@... >From: " Kathy " <klr@...> > >Hi Lesli and list, yes, I'm counting the days until kindergarten begins. >I'm exhausted from hosting friends and >ferrying Kellen to any and every activity, camp and other event I could >find over the summer. Last year >preschool took up quite a bit of the slack in our day-to-day schedule and >I realized three weeks after it ended >that it was going to be a *long* summer if we didn't get some activities >going and some semblence of a >schedule in place. She is much happier when busy, and her ocd is a much >bigger problem for her when she >has too many hours on her hands. > >I read somewhere that very few people with ocd are extroverts, but my >daughter is one of them. Her >outgoing personality is part of what made accepting the idea that she has >an *anxiety* disorder so hard. I had >the mindset that someone with an anxiety disorder would have always been >quiet, shy, introverted, slow to >warm up in social settings, etc., the exact opposite of my child from birth. > >We're just back from two days at King's Island Amusement Park in Ohio, two >very long and busy days, and I'm >thinking if we could live there Kel would almost not have ocd anymore . . >. :-) > >Kathy R. in Indiana > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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