ADHD Injury Prone Kids…What Can You Do?
You may not know it, but this week marks the 20th anniversary of National SAFE Kids Week, a week dedicated to reducing the number of accidental deaths among our children. Did you know that accidental injuries remain the number one cause of death in children 14 and under? The good news is that the number has dropped 45% since 1987, but there is still a long ways to go.
The real reason this caught my attention is because I started thinking about the number of accidental injuries my kids have had. Having a child with ADHD means there are often times more injuries, certainly more preventable injuries. Did you know my daughter once broke her arm by running head strong into a brick wall? Nope, this is not a joke! She really did. She was racing someone for a ball, the other kid slowed down when approaching the wall, and my daughter got the ball…right before running into the wall and breaking her elbow. (Trust me, this is one of many stories about my kids’ injuries. *SIGH*)
Urgent care was quite impressed. The orthopedic surgeon was amused. And my daughter? Well, she was just happy she got to the ball first!
I’m curious. Do any of you have interesting injury stories you can share? Have your kids “won” at something, only to go to the doctor, urgent care, or E.R. immediately afterward? Drop a line and let me know your most entertaining ADHD injury story!
*Next time, we’ll talk about how to prevent those injuries!
