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How do you think your child would respond if you asked them to pour a gallon of paint over you? I bet they’d react exactly how my child did: with a mischievous smile.
My youngest son loved the idea of getting to do something with his mother that would allow him to be a bit creative, a bit messy, and a bit destructive. But unknown to him, I had a motive other than fun: to help him deal with some of his issues stemming from ADHD. This creative endeavor, I felt, could teach him healthy coping mechanisms for managing emotional reactions he didn’t completely understand and often couldn’t properly control.