The other night I was laying in bed wide awake (thinking about Ricochet, my son with ADHD, of course) and this litany of silly signs that your child may have ADHD started buzzing through my head. Once one idea came, I focused on it and a list quickly emerged. This is meant to be humorous (read it like Jeff Foxworthy’s “You Might be a Redneck” shtick), but I bet you can relate. What on this list has happened in your family too?

 

  1. If you still have a baby monitor in your child’s room when they are in grade school… your child might have ADHD.
  2. If your child consistently tattoos their face with sharpie… your child might have ADHD.
  3. If your child draws their own designs on their clothing during school, again with permanent sharpie… your child might have ADHD.
  4. If your child is literally SpiderMan-on-a-mission to their peers’ calm demeanor… your child might have ADHD.
  5. If your child still runs with scissors, far after kindergarten… your child might have ADHD.
  6. If your child drops his drawers and pees in the outfield during his t-ball game… your child might have ADHD.
  7. If you have had to call poison control more times than you care to admit… your child might have ADHD.
  8. If your child has picked all the buttons out of the TV remote, mindlessly, while watching it… your child might have ADHD.
  9. If your child knows no strangers, even with kids 5-10 years older… your child might have ADHD.
  10. If your child constantly crashes into walls like he’s Evel Knievel… your child might have ADHD.
  11. If your child peels off his clothes every time he enters the house like he’s entered a steamy sauna (and he’s not still in diapers)… your child might have ADHD.
  12. Pig-PenIf your child is Linus or Pig-Pen from Charlie Brown comics, and doesn’t notice and/or care… your child might have ADHD.
  13. If your child is literally faster than a speeding bullet… your child might have ADHD.
  14. If your child seems deaf, but only when you call their name or give instructions… your child might have ADHD.
  15. If the bathroom looks like the scene of the X Games once your child has finished showering… your child might have ADHD.
  16. If your child walks down the hall like they literally have ants in their pants… your child might have ADHD.
  17. If you are beyond exhausted… your child might have ADHD.

Use the comments to add more “your child might have ADHD” lines too. There are so many more possibilities and I want to hear from you!