Monopoly isn't supposed to be so hard!

A game of Monopoly, played with your children, is supposed to be fun. Not so with George. He loves playing games but cannot sit still or be quiet for more than 15 seconds. We experienced a whole range of noises from general popping sounds to car engine sounds as he moved his piece around the board. His constant fidgeting meant that houses moved from one property to another and money was flying every where. Thankfully, we put a timescale on the game. It was a long hour and a half. Many people would comment that they don't see a problem, and surely this is just how children are? The noises can be likened to listening to a radio station that isn't properly tuned in. You only hear a noise - it doesn't mean anything and it's not something a person could listen to for very long. You have to live with a child who suffers from ADHD to know just how much stress it puts on the whole family. A couple of nights ago his frustration degenerated into a screaming rage resulting in him slamming doors and banging his head against a window. He threatened to leave home..... I dread to think what our neighbours must be thinking when they hear this child screaming and banging. He picks things up and smashes them too - generally a much loved lego model (thank goodness it's lego because he can rebuild it). He smashed his new lego AT-AT into pieces and then told me he'd done it because he wanted me to know that he must be really angry to have smashed it. He has such perfect logic but I can't seem to get him to understand that he only has to tell me he's angry, not demonstrate it........

Trying to think of something positive about today, I came up with this:

Today, he cleaned his school shoes without arguing about it first. :o)