OMG, I am so mad at Jaden!

[Tonya]

Originally posted by Karen
Tonya has already said Jaden will get other gifts - "Santa" gifts and some from them - tomorrow that weren;t under the tree. So it's not like he won't get anything!

Yeah, he still has several gifts from Santa, a stocking, a gameboy and some gameboy games from us. So it isn't like Christmas will be destroyed. He's had Christmas for two weeks straight. He's opened up hundreds of dollars in presents from my dad's side of the family last week. A ton of toys from my mom's side the other day. My best friend spoiled him. And we still have two sets of inlaws to go to tomorrow. He gets enough toys to open a toy store every Christmas.

Carol- Hubby and I talked about this. I would have been more lenient if he was younger. I can understand a 4 year old doing this. Also, he did it so boldly. It wasn't like he impulsively opened a present or two. He sat down and opened several AFTER I told him not too. And immediatly after at that. It wasn't like I told him no a few days ago and he forgot what I had said. He went straight from my bedroom to the tree right after our converstation and started opening them up.

This was totally premeditated. He came into my room and told me to sleep in. He closed my door to keep the noise out. I thought he was being nice. He never does that, especially on Christmas. He is usually jumping on our bed telling us to get up. Not to mention he knew my husband was at work.

I understand that kids with ADHD are impulsive, but that is still no excuse. The kids with ADHD that are not disciplined are the ones that wind up being trouble in society. I can't make excuses for them. I have to teach him to be able to control himself. Not to mention his medication is working great for him right now. You'd never guess he has ADHD.

Anyways, we went to the homeless shelter and donated the toys that he opened today. When we left, he was crying. I asked him why he was crying and he said he was sad for all of the kids that don't have homes. He was worried that Santa cannot find them since they are homeless. I told him not to be sad because the gifts that Jaden gave will make the kid's Christmas and that Santa can find the children at the shelter. After that, he was very happy and proud. He felt really good about giving his gifts to them. He even said he didn't really need so many toys.

P.S. PCB- I totally remember that temptation! My quest every Christmas was to find out what my gifts were. I usually snuck a peak or two. But sitting down and opening 20 something presents is totally blatant. He probably had a whole hour of unwrapping. That's far from impulsive.