Does anyone parent an adult child with LD? I’m new to this board, but see little on this subject.
Re: parenting an adult child with LD
Interesting question! An obvious factor is the level of disability of the adult child (if I interpret your question properly).
I’m ld (pushing 42 y.o.), our son is almost 19 (borderline adult), and I guess the job of parenting us both falls on my wife / his mother in some instances :)
My dad is out visiting for the weekend, and our relationship is fine (now), after many years of turmoil, where I’m sure (in hindsight), my ld interpretation of things did not help matters. Fortunately, he has come around to offering an opinion vs. shoving it my way, and my level of receptiveness has improved greatly. Funny thing is I often remind our son that when my dad was my age, he was much older than me (this gets him thinking). The point is, or what I actually mean is, when I was my son’s age, my dad was much older than I am (as we had our son at a much younger age than my parents had kids; for those of you that I have confused beyond any point of actual reason :)
So, to get back to your question of who parents an adult child with ld? Many of us do, and many are those “adult children with ld”, and we’re out here. I speak in plural, because I know I’m not alone thanks to forums like this bb!
Welcome.
Andy
I believe I parent two Boys,or possibly they think they are parenting me! Most everyone you see posting is actually a parent,and a huge part of parenting the LD child is either knowing what their legal rights are or asking others about things like scores ,learning programs,and such. Welcome to this Board! You will find much support and help here.