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Helping Your Preschooler Pay Attention By Kelly Burgess
By age 5, Trystan Colclasure of Orangevale, Calif., had been kicked out of daycare and very nearly out of preschool because of his poor impulse control and inability to sit still for even a moment. His mother, Teressa, says Trystan had so much trouble controlling his behavior from about age 2 that she occasionally feared for his life.
"He would run off when we went outside and many times had close calls with almost getting hit by a car," says Colclasure. "He could always tell me what good choices and bad choices were and even what would happen for making bad choices. But when he was in a situation, he did not think about it, he jut acted on impulse."
Trystan has since been diagnosed with ADHD. Michael, meanwhile, is excelling academically.
"The name of the game is that children are sloppy, loud and chaotic, and parents need to accept that in a non-judgmental way," says Phelan.