ADHD, also known as Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), is a common childhood neuropsychiatric disorder
Its main characteristics are excessive activity, difficulty in concentrating attention, emotional instability, impulsiveness, learning difficulties and so on.
In the ADHD mutual aid group, this kind of complaint is often seen:
My son can play King of Glory or watch TV for three hours without moving, and when it comes to doing his homework, he can't sit still for three seconds! How good would it be to have the perseverance of his leisure time to take over and learn!
Here we are going to correct:
The concentration of playing games cannot be called "perseverance".
Children with ADHD just lack perseverance
Attention is divided into active attention and passive attention.
Active attention is a kind of attention that has a predetermined purpose and requires a certain amount of willful effort, for example, although someone is playing in class, but still able to restrain themselves, concentrate on listening to the teacher's lectures, and do not pay attention to the frolic, such attention is active attention.
Passive attention, also known as unintentional attention, is a kind of attention opposite to active attention, there is no predetermined purpose in advance, and there is no need to do subjective will efforts to pay attention to nature, such as watching cartoons or playing games is a kind of passive attention.
The main problem with ADHD is that children can't complete tasks that require active concentration for a long time, rather than some very fascinating or exciting games.
School classes don't constantly give him visual, auditory, and physical stimulation like game consoles; homework takes a long time to complete, requires perseverance, planning, and effort; listening carefully and completing homework on time is a difficult task for children with ADHD to complete.
In addition to schoolwork, children with ADHD have difficulties in social interaction, physical activities that require high concentration, listening to others, queuing, and other activities.
Therefore, children with ADHD are precisely children who lack perseverance. So, how do you cultivate their perseverance?
Help children with ADHD develop perseverance
Teach your child to set clear goals or a clear understanding of what he wants, i.e. "You can't get where you want to be unless you know where you're going."
Teach your child that successful people are those who have failed many times, and when people fail, they gain experience because they learn important lessons from things that don't work.
People who never fail are usually people who will never succeed.
Teach your child to have positive thoughts and stay optimistic in life.
For example, seeing half a glass of water, the mindset of looking at it may be half full or half empty, telling the child that the good and bad in life are natural and interact with each other.
Teach your child to come up with different ways to achieve these goals. Encourage your child not to give up easily.
The aircraft deviates from course 98% of the time due to external wind conditions, and pilots must constantly adjust the direction of flight to reach the desired destination.
Again, we must constantly adjust our actions to achieve what we want.
ADHD is a chronic disease with a high incidence and severe damage to children and adolescents and their families.
Awa, who lacks perseverance, is not incurable, and what is incurable is that she has found a problem with her child, but she does not want to help her child.
Attaching importance to the problem of ADHD and jointly promoting the improvement of children's symptoms and the recovery of social functions through the efforts of doctors, children, parents and schools is our continuous pursuit.
This article is reviewed by experts
Li Yun / Xiamen Xianyue Hospital · Deputy Chief Physician
Expertise: Diagnosis and treatment of children's ADHD, autism, mental retardation and children's emotional disorders, and in-depth research on common psychological problems in the normal development of children.
Yiying Huang / Xiamen Xianyue Hospital · physician
Expertise: Bachelor of Clinical Medicine, Xiamen University Master of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Xiamen University, research direction for child psychiatry Engaged in children and adolescents mental health work for 1 year.