Post by sportsmom on Apr 3, 2005 18:52:02 GMT -5
I need some help figuring out what is going on with my older son Riley. He is going to be 16 in July so some of this could be male teenage hormones or it could be his mom is overeacting or something could be wrong? Right now he has some low-self esteem. He doesn't think he can do anything right and he is very afriad of failing. He does have learning disablilities and the teachers at school are great and help him---even got B's on his report card 
. But school is not the only thing he is afraid of failing, he was afraid to go out for jv baseball because he thought he would get cut from the team but now riley feels very sad because he didn't go out. He is talking about not going out for football this year and this boy loves football. Ok now on to some other points. He forgets alot of things examples are: glasses (lost for 2 weeks at school), class ring after practice, basketball will be left at the courts, clothing left a friends house, paying for his shop wood when I sent the money with him, I could go on...LOL. When he does dishes he just hates it when the dishes were not rinsed well enough--doesn't like any food on plates or in the water makes him feel ill. He has a hard time making a decision and then following thru with his decision--will question himself if he made the right choice and if didn't make the right choice he is very hard on himself. Maybe I am just overeacting but sometimes I think I see some ODD in him---just because of how he is and acts even since he was younger. He will ask me if I think he has Add like levi and I say no I don't think that is what is wrong (I have never said anything to him about having any disorder--he thought of that on his own). Should I talk to his doctor about this or should I ask the school to do some testing? Or is this just a loving mom just making sure her son is ok and it is all just the BIG P? I just want what is best for him and I hate hearing him 2nd guess himself. Thanks for any input you may have.
. But school is not the only thing he is afraid of failing, he was afraid to go out for jv baseball because he thought he would get cut from the team but now riley feels very sad because he didn't go out. He is talking about not going out for football this year and this boy loves football. Ok now on to some other points. He forgets alot of things examples are: glasses (lost for 2 weeks at school), class ring after practice, basketball will be left at the courts, clothing left a friends house, paying for his shop wood when I sent the money with him, I could go on...LOL. When he does dishes he just hates it when the dishes were not rinsed well enough--doesn't like any food on plates or in the water makes him feel ill. He has a hard time making a decision and then following thru with his decision--will question himself if he made the right choice and if didn't make the right choice he is very hard on himself. Maybe I am just overeacting but sometimes I think I see some ODD in him---just because of how he is and acts even since he was younger. He will ask me if I think he has Add like levi and I say no I don't think that is what is wrong (I have never said anything to him about having any disorder--he thought of that on his own). Should I talk to his doctor about this or should I ask the school to do some testing? Or is this just a loving mom just making sure her son is ok and it is all just the BIG P? I just want what is best for him and I hate hearing him 2nd guess himself. Thanks for any input you may have.
