Many people think that kids will ADD will grow up without much success in their lives simply because their inability to concentrate on what they are doing. Granted, inattentiveness, forgetfulness… are really big difficulties but they are not the real cause of a underachieved life.
What ruins the life of an ADD sufferer is the hesitation to use their brain power in solving problems. As you may notice, kids with ADD will use methods to avoid doing homework and play games that require them to think. However, they can spend hours playing video games without stopping. The hesitation of thinking, digging deep in the problems to find the solutions makes the child feels boring when it comes to doing home work. As a result, if you force him to do the homework, he will try to find a lot of reasons, even crying to not to do so. They know that once they do the homework, there will be less time to enjoy things that they love to do. If parents don’t know the laziness in doing homework is a result ADD, they can punish the kids and make thing worse. Knowing the right methods will help improve the situation and help the kids have successful lives.