Re: Can a HFA child be a well behaved child and teenager and adult??

May 22, 2007

Our

son was tough to deal with when he was young, but has gotten better as he gets

older. I think mostly people just write

when they are having a problem, so that is why it seems as if so many have

troubles.

Tonya

( ) Can a

HFA child be a well behaved child and teenager and adult??

My daughter is HFA 5 going on 6 end of August and so far she is very

well behaved. My fear is that the behavior issues start later. Were

your kids even-keeled and mellow as smaller children? It seems like the

majority of the posts I have read, the kids have some kind of issue

with meltdowns or fits or some kind of issue. I am greatful for now

but does this start later in life or what? My 13 yr old daughter was a

nightmare as a little girl, but my little one is so good- it is almost

scary- I am just waiting for something NEW to happen. I hope I am

explaining myself right.

Thanks

Heidi- mom to Maizy 5 HFA and Payton 13 ADD

May 22, 2007

My 14 yr old son (boys and girls could be very different) was great until about

2nd grade and then the schoolwork started getting harder and he got frustrated.

His frustrsation and meltdowns have just increased each year. He's also ADD and

I'm sure he was in and out mentally during the first couple of years of school

till we got him on ritalin. I'm sure that contributed to him being terrible at

reading and writing is also difficult for him. As they move up in the grades

they have to do so much reading and writing so that contributes to his

meltdowns.

But since you already know she has Asperger's that could help so much in

avoiding a lot of what we went through. My son wasn't diagnosed until last

year. They just wrote it off as ADD and emotionally immature. He didn't get

any kind of assistance until junior high and it would have been so much better

if he would have had coping skills when he was younger.

Ginger

---- hambonemcgee <hambonemcgee@...> wrote:

> My daughter is HFA 5 going on 6 end of August and so far she is very

> well behaved. My fear is that the behavior issues start later. Were

> your kids even-keeled and mellow as smaller children? It seems like the

> majority of the posts I have read, the kids have some kind of issue

> with meltdowns or fits or some kind of issue. I am greatful for now

> but does this start later in life or what? My 13 yr old daughter was a

> nightmare as a little girl, but my little one is so good- it is almost

> scary- I am just waiting for something NEW to happen. I hope I am

> explaining myself right.

>

> Thanks

> Heidi- mom to Maizy 5 HFA and Payton 13 ADD

>

May 22, 2007

On Jan 19, 3:48am, " hambonemcgee " wrote:

} My daughter is HFA 5 going on 6 end of August and so far she is very=20

} well behaved. My fear is that the behavior issues start later. Were=20

} your kids even-keeled and mellow as smaller children? It seems like the=20

My son was quite mellow until about five. His psychologist says that

is the age when problems often start appearing. Puberty is also

a rough time, from what I hear. I don't think there's any way of

predicting what will happen. Enjoy your well-behaved child while

you can. :-)

Willa

May 22, 2007

My son who is 17 now was much harder to deal with when he

was younger. Now, don’t get me wrong as we still have many issues

and he still has a temper. But, we have not seen a rage or meltdown in

3-4 years and when his anger gets the best of him it is over very quickly.

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Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 2:21 PM

Subject: RE: ( ) Can a HFA child be a well behaved child

and teenager and adult??

Our son

was tough to deal with when he was young, but has gotten better as he gets

older. I think mostly people just write when they are having a problem,

so that is why it seems as if so many have troubles.

Tonya

( ) Can a HFA child be a well behaved child and

teenager and adult??