The boy who never listened and I went to the same school. He never sat still and he was always in trouble. At home, he was the same. He had short attention span. He played hard and learning was hard for him. He was restless and inattentive. Learning was difficult and no school was ready to tolerate his eccentricity. He changed school many times. Due to his hyperactiveness, he was tagged  “the boy who never listen”.

The ‘boy who never listen’ cut across as someone in a trance. He was not organised and sleeping was not important to him. The pressure of rearing  such a difficult child put a strain on his parents’ marriage and they separated when he was 8, his mother bore the burden alone. He had poor social interaction with his peers and  adults around him. He had problems with discipline and this was a significant problem in his life. (more…)