i was reading BH (again! why? why??) today and as usual, flipped to find dr z’s article on children.
at the end of it, my reaction was – “OH SHIT”.
Sifat Hiperaktif
- Kerap menggerak tangan atau kaki atau menggeliang-geliut di tempat duduk.
- Tidak boleh duduk diam.
- Selalu berlari ke sana ke mari atau suka memanjat.
- Sukar melakukan kerja sekolah secara senyap.
- Asyik bercakap dan bermain dengan riuh.
- Sering bergerak cergas dan lincah seolah-olah sentiasa bertenaga.
and the article goes on to talk about other signs of ADHD in older kids.
with the exception of point 4 (as he has yet to go to school), i gulped at the end of the five other items… coz they are exactly what my mum complains to me about everyday, and what we ourselves get exasperated about.
“anak kau, taaaak boleh duduk diam, satu minit pon!”
“tengok tu, asik nak lari ajer!”
“tak tau penat, budak ni!”
“asik bongkar aje kerje dia!”
“nakalnye anak kau!”
… are just a few of the frequent phrases we hear, or say ourselves. but we hear it being said so often of other kids too, that we just brush it off as a norm. i mean, i thought kids naturally can’t sit still and are full of energy?
i made mum read it and she too agreed that the points mentioned are pretty close for comfort. she said there were a LOT of kids in her school where she used to teach, who were just like that, and worse. disturbing other kids, banging things on the table, running around the classroom, etc.
i hate to think the worst of my child (who does?), but i can imagine him doing all that, actually. then again, it’s always how i imagined little boys to be in school! (this coming from someone who was in an all-girls’ school for her entire primary and secondary school years, so i must say i’m not really the expert at little boys’ behaviour in classrooms.)
for now, i think he is still quite manageable, and pretty good at listening to/following instructions (our ‘barney says’ and ‘animal sounds’ acts are quite the hit with the crowd, hehe). and despite his affinity for wrestling and general rough-housing, he can sit down quietly for a while, with or without me, to ponder over his picture books or perfect a new skill… till something else catches his eyes, that is!
so, err, i don’t know… now i’m worried. thanks, BH! :S
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on another note (see, talk about short attention span), YET another reason why blake is hawt hawt hawt.
he sang THAT song last night.
(okay, so it was originally ryan adams’, or tim mcgraw’s, who cares, bono sang it too!)
“where do you go when you’re lonely? i’ll follow you when the stars go blue…”
wow, arent the irish such gorgeous people? (this based merely on the corrs sisters and bono, hehe.)
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i love youtube!!
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