If Your Adolescent Has ADHD: An Essential Resource for Parents (Adolescent Mental Health Initiative)

by Thomas J. Power

•Squirming or fidgeting when they’re expected to sit still •Having a habit of repeatedly bouncing a leg or tapping a foot •Walking around the classroom at inappropriate times •Being unable to enjoy any quiet hobbies or leisure pastimes •Finding it difficult to sit through a movie or restaurant meal •Feeling restless, jittery, or impatient much of the time •Being always on the go, to a degree that others find exhausting •Chattering constantly, to the point where others become annoyed •Blurting out rude or thoughtless comments without thinking •Yelling out an answer without waiting for the question to be finished •Not waiting for their turn in conversation or during games •Finding it exceptionally difficult to wait in checkout lines •Butting into other people’s private conversations •Barging into other people’s activities without being invited