Thanks for all the hugs and encouragement. :001_smile: I needed that ... I've been having a bad week this week and on top family have been very critical of homeschooling! We'll have to look into that, although DS is also often very hyper so this is why we thought ADHD

I've posted this on the special need board too. First, a bit of background. We have decided to homeschool our almost 4 year old who we think may have ADHD. He is very bright and curious and enthuiastic. But he is also defiant, impulsive, verbally aggressive and physically rough when he plays with other children. He has the ability to annoy other children within seconds of playing with them due to not respecting their personal space and being very loud and off the wall with his comments. Eg. "I'm going to chop your head off" (he's not even being aggressive sometimes when he makes these kind of comments!) When he went to preschool he used to run around most of the time and would want to play rough with the other children, pushing and wanting to wrestle. To start with the staff felt that he wasn't being aggressive but was very boisterous and enjoyed the rough and tumble - unfortunately he didn't/couldn't distinguish other kids who also wanted to play "rough". Anyway, his behaviour grew increasingly aggressive at preschool, partly (we felt) due to him not fitting in and getting very stressed out with other children not liking him. So we decided to withdraw him. Homeschooling is something we were vaguely considering but we now feel that it would currently be the best option for him. Children here in the UK start school just after they've turned 4 so he'd have to go very soon. We are worried that at school his behaviour would spiral and he would become a real trouble maker. Also he would also be an easy target for bullies as he's quite naive. At home I can constantly reinforce, encourage and discipline him to encourage good behaviour and respect for others. Anyway .... I've had a lot of comments from family about how he's ever going to learn to fit in with other kids, play with them and not annoy them. I'm fairly cut off here as not many other parents homeschool and he doesn't have many friends apart from his one younger brother. My question is ... did you other parents out there with ADHD kids find that homeschooling helped them or hindered them with learning to mix with other children? Can I really teach him those social rules like personal space without him learning first-hand how much he can annoy others? I always try to be really calm and patient with him but other kids who aren't used to him won't be! He needs to eventually learn to mix with them. Please help as I feel really stressed and don't really know anyone else who's been through this before!