I want you to know that this is a very common problem for our ADHD children. My son is 11 and in 6th grade. He has had great difficulty with this. We had him attend a 6 week social skills class at a Behavioral Health Center. It did help him. Did you get the Wayne Kalyn - ADDitude magazine e-mail today? It has tips and is titled 17 Ways to foster friendships that last. Many of the tips I would share are included in that article so I won't repeat them here. I wish you well. It will be alright...

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Your original post makes an interesting point which I often find makes the great advice in the articles here moot with our son. He is 7 and clearly does not have a lot of friends due to his immaturity, impulsiveness and inability to get when people have had enough of whatever it is he is doing (usually something goofy or inappropriate to make others laugh). However, he never complains that he doesn't have enough friends because his coping skill allowed him to seek out those that don't get bothered by him or who might have ADHD themselves (he doesn't know he has it btw). And because he doesn't complain it makes it hard to advise and even harder to watch him not included in things or teased. An article addressing this would be very helpful for us.

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I would like to encourage all of you that it does get better. Middle school was very hard for my daughter who has ADHD. She has inattentive type so no Hyperactivity. She is very shy and has few "freinds" (she sees them as friends although they never do anything outside of the class they are in together). When we started highschool the teasing diminshed (there are so many differance in children when you group 2,000 kids together everyday) and she was able to find more varied activities she enjoyed. (Our middle school was all about sports.) She is now 15 and has a group of friends (be ready for that texting bill!!!) who except her as she is has her first boyfriend (also has ADHD) and likes school. She is so happy with highschool that offers other non sports activities....Drama, Choir, Student council, science club, dance groups, etc... Just hang in there and if it doesn't bother your child don't worry to much.

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