My 11yr old DD is in a bind
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| Mon, 11-10-2008 - 8:44pm |
My 11yr old DD Brandi is in a mess at school. The Dr. has her on 10mg of Adderall for ADD. She is not only lying to my face about everything she can think of, she is lying to her teachers, lying about homework, lying just to be talking. It's like the older she gets the worse the situation becomes.
Her teacher calls me today and says she had a blank worksheet but had another boy fill in her answers as he was grading her paper, then she had the nerve to lie about her grade. When the teacher asks to see her journals, workbooks, etc she says they are at home. She then tells me she has no homework.
I never see any graded papers, her grades were very bad at the first of the year, and I've already had one teacher meeting over her. I don't understand this, she don't understand this, she says it's nothing, nothing is wrong, nothing nothing nothing that is all I can get.
I'm at my wits end. I have no earthly idea where to turn. She attempted counseling, but blamed everything on a child that she is never around, she's always full of excuses. Not only is she the 11th hour procrastinator but she will lie to you no matter who you are. I've grounded her, taken things away, tried time out, tried after school tutoring programs, before school homework help, kept in touch daily w/ the teacher via notes and emails, and still NOTHING is resolved.
The teacher suggests I come to class w/ her tomorrow and spend at least half the day. Can anyone please help me, I have no where else to turn.

I would suggest a trip to her doctor and then some counseling scheduled.
It might be that her ADD meds are making her behave in this erratic fashion--so I would contact her doctor ASAP.
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Did her behavior start before the medicine?