ADHD / ADD Support Group

I have recently come to the conclustion that isolation is just the way it has to be. I have a 9y old son that has had adhd all his life. We are very good friends with some neighbors who have 2 boys also. Recently when my adhd son was over the mother sent him away and told him to never come back, don't step foot on their property, don't knock on their door. She told her sons they are never allowed to play with my son again because my son called her son a liar. This particular son is Aspergers and it takes a lot of patience on my sons part to deal with him. Obviously tolerance and patience is difficult for an adhd child. My son was actually there playing with the other older son.... This is a very religous family (that I love) but, she also sat him down telling him he was on Satan's path and he needs to repent for everything he has done. My son was hurt to the depths of his soul! I had to assure him he is not on Satan's path, he made a mistake. He has accepted Christ but, he is just a kid we are all still sinners this side of heaven!..He wrote the mother and the son and letter apologizing for his not controlling himself and asked if they could forgive him someday..I am so tired of feeling like I have to protect my child from himself, from saying the wrong or inappropriate thing. He doesn't have many friends and says nobody likes him. The ones that do, I think tolerate him or they use eachother out of convenience because there is nobody else to play with. I know unless you have a child that has problems with impulsivity it is hard to understand. I'm tired of feeling like a failure as a parent!! I don't want to get together with others with our kids because something will happen and I don't have the emotional or physical energy to deal with the it and the embarrasment that goes along. Thanks for letting me vent!
Posted on 06/23/09, 01:06 pm