ADHD
and Tae
Kwon Do
Your Child's Success Strategy
The
child that has ADHD or
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, is gifted. This special child
is creative and spontaneous with the ability to hyper focus on any
interesting task.
On the flip side, that same child can be
difficult to parent due to frequent distractibility, impulsiveness,
aggressiveness and hyperactivity. These traits usually define the ADHD
child to the outside world and label them as "troublemakers" which can
irreparably damage self-esteem.
Children are frequently
distracted or inattentive and often impulsive on occasion, but a child
living with ADHD experiences these attributes most of the time. A
parent has a great deal of influence in helping their child perceive
these character traits as advantageous, not a liability.
In
spite of its name,
ADHD is not only a lack of attentiveness but the ability to exert more
focused attention on a chosen topic. Those with ADHD don't lack focus
but often focus inappropriately. They have little tolerance for
inactivity and are bored quickly.
Sports can be a positive or
negative experience for any child but especially the ADHD child.
Releasing excess energy is a plus but team sports are often frustrating
if the child can't learn to follow the rules or play their specific
part for the team.
Tae kwon do, a martial art,
can be a tremendously beneficial for the ADHD child as it permits
controlled aggressive behavior in a safe environment. An instructor
provides direction that is immediately followed so that it retains
relevance and gives instant satisfaction.
Tae
kwon do stresses
self-confidence and control which, when mastered, raises self-esteem
for any student. ADHD children can benefit from this type of
instruction because it increases confidence and they learn to see what
some call negative character traits as positive attributes.
Part
of tae kwon do
instruction is the philosophy of "right action" which is to reach a
point where you inherently know how to react in a situation with no
thought. This teaching helps the impulsive ADHD child curb those
impulses. Classes are exciting with lots of jumping, kicking, spinning
and punching so boredom is never an issue. Hyperactivity doesn't exist
in a tae kwon do class. Action is rewarded.
Another aspect of tae kwon do training is tolerance and respect for
everyone no matter what label society might have imposed.
ADHD
is not exclusive
to boys. Girls are more often diagnosed with ADD which is the same
issue without the hyperactivity in equal numbers to boys with ADHD.
This "difference", because it's not exactly a disorder, is genetic. A
rather large study discovered that 25% of ADHD children have one parent
with Attention Deficit.
You do not outgrow ADHD, so finding ways to
mitigate its negative influences is critical to your child's success.
Give them the opportunity to learn how to turn these traits into
advantages that can carry them throughout life.
The child with
Attention Deficit bears the same positive characteristics that are
cultivated by the successful in society. Artists, entrepreneurs,
politicians and athletes are a few of the successful people whom
history has described with classic ADHD traits. Some of the most
creative, intense, spontaneous, tenacious and quick thinking people in
history have probably had ADHD; Thomas Edison, Mozart and Winston
Churchill to name but a few. That's not bad company at all.
About
The Author
Kalynn Amadio is a 3rd degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do. To find
out more about how tae kwon do instruction can benefit your ADHD child,
visit Kalynn's great website Taekwondo-Network
and read more about the types of classes a good school offers for kids tae kwon do lessons.
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