Just now I was talking to my mother in law about how I struggle to play with my 4 year old at all because even if I set a timer for how long I’ll play with him something like the following scenario will happen:
He’ll be playing with Legos and have this idea of building two warriors, and a battle arena and then having a play fight with me. But with his ND brain, he has infinite improvements to add to his creations. So when the timer ends, he hasn’t finished building and he says, “No! You can’t leave! We never fought!”
So I give him two more minutes, but the cycle just keeps repeating.
So I was telling my MIL about this and she goes, “So tell him that you can fight with him during your next playtime block with him, after you finish whatever your next designated task is.”
And just.
It’s so simple.
But this is an example of how I can’t spur of the moment come up with a new script to handle a difficult social situation. And that includes social interactions with my kids.
Difficult social interactions with my 4 year old happen all day every day. So I’m in a vicious cycle of losing the executive functioning I need to reason with him effectively.
Wellesley Kopsa 