My youngest brother was diagnosed with ADHD/PDD - so much of this is so familiar. From a very early age, it just Did Not Work to say "don't do that" - you always had to come up with a reason why not - and explain *everything* - and if you couldn't explain it in a way that made sense to him, he wasn't going to listen to you.
He also had a very strong sense of fairness - if he got into an altercation at school with another kid - he didn't mind getting in trouble as long as the other kid *also* got in trouble.
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Date: 2010-10-15 05:06 am (UTC)He also had a very strong sense of fairness - if he got into an altercation at school with another kid - he didn't mind getting in trouble as long as the other kid *also* got in trouble.