Kerry Katona has made the difficult decision to pull her son out of school.
The 42-year-old revealed it wasn't a decision she "took lightly" but Max, 15, will now be homeschooled. The mum-of-five, who shares Max with ex Mark Croft, said she had spoken to a psychiatrist about the teenager, who suffers from "severe ADHD."
As well as learning from school, Kerry also wants Max to pick up a building trade. Kerry has admitted things haven't been easy at home and added her son got sent home from school, the Mirror reports.
She said: "We've decided to pull him out after speaking to a psychiatrist and his teachers. He's got severe ADHD and finds the environment really difficult to cope with. This isn't a decision we've taken lightly. It's been going on for years and he was getting sent home from school as much as he was going in."
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The Atomic Kitten star explained Max may now be put on medication, saying at first she was against the idea because of the effect it had on her. Kerry told new magazine: "At first I said no because of the way I was treated when I was on medication, but it's got to the point now where it's got to stop."
Opening up about the effect Max's condition has had on the family, the former face of Iceland admits they've "been through hell." During lockdown, Kerry admitted her frustrated son smashed up his bedroom in a rage due to the fact he was unable to cope with being cooped up for such a long period of time.
She explained quarantine enforced by the Covid-10 crisis was too much for Max, who had been 'screaming and crying' out of sheer frustration. ADHD is a condition which includes symptoms such as being restless and having trouble concentrating. Symptoms of the disorder include a short attention span, constantly fidgeting and acting without thinking.
However, last summer, she got him a £50-a-day job on a building site in London. Kerry said Max would be staying in London for three weeks to work and would be earning £50 a day with her fiancé Ryan Mahoney's family.
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