Memory

What could be wrong with a 5 year old that can not remember what he has been told just a few minutes and sometimes seconds after you have told him?  I also believe that he has ADHD but has never been officially diagnosed.

[ggreg]

Sounds like pretty typical child behavior.  They have a lot of stuff going on in their little lives, they get really excited about things, and it's hard for them to pay attention.  If he's really getting rambunctious, you have to take his hands and look him in the eyes and tell him firmly a couple times what you want.  If he's misbehaving and doesn't shut up, that's what little "time outs" are for, children are learning their boundaries and limitations at that age.  Each child is different, so our expectations of them must be in tune with their abilities.

I personally think that a lot of ADHD out there is really more that children spend too much time watching TV and not enough time doing things to expend energy, and you throw on top of that lots of sugar in snacks and drinks, you wind up with a kid who goes nuts.  If a kid gets destructive, now that's a sign of unhappiness, and a child psychologist can visit with the child a few times and figure out what the big problem is, and free him of it.    
  

[kbunches]

Well, he doesn't eat a lot of sugar and sodas for that reason...and he doesn't watch a lot of tv....is usually running around playing either outside or inside...he just can't remember things...if you look at him and make him look at you and tell him when his bday is....he will repeat it to you....then a min later you ask him when is his bday...he has no clue even what month it is...if you show him a pic of the letter A tell him what it is...make him repeat it....then show it to him a min later...he has no clue what it is....he can't remember anything.... that has nothing to do with typical child behavior......

[ggreg]

Your additional info is helpful.  Perhaps a learning weakness, then.  Maybe a tutor for his lessons would be a good idea, or preschool might help.  I'm 60 years old and I still don't know when my father's birthday is and we celebrate it every year.  But I can still quote Shakespeare I learned in high school.  As for a neurological cause, children's brains develop at different speeds, plus diff people learn better some ways than others, and then there's the idea of hearing and vision difficulties, and lastly dyslexia.  Dyslexia is actually somewhat common, President Wilson had it, and it is VERY hard for those people to see letters in any sort of organized way and they get words out of order, so it takes them three times as long to learn something.  I think a professional who understands learning differences could be recommended by an elementary school nearby, it's good you've recognized a possible problem now.