I didn’t set out to write a guide about meal planning. If we’re being honest I don’t even like cooking. But you don’t have to like cooking to feed your family. This is where I tell you a story. My aunt and I were working to clean out my grandparents house when I got a […]
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Why I Only Have One Child
I cannot even tell you how many times I’ve been asked why I only have one child. It started when he was just a couple months old with comments from one particular family member, and it continued for at least three or four years. As you know, I’m an ADHD mom. My son also has […]
Parents With ADHD
There are probably millions articles online about parenting ADHD children, but there are very few about Parents With ADHD. Listen to the audio version of this post on my podcast: [buzzsprout episode=’3154318′ player=’true’] I’ve written about it. ADDitude Magazine has had some coverage of it. But there is not a lot of research available about how […]
The Memory Dump
Have you ever seen the memory dump scene in the movie Inside Out? In the scene Joy falls into this huge black hole of old memories that look like gray balls. As Riley matures the forgotten memories are tossed down there and eventually evaporate into nothing. The movie does a great job of explaining how […]
How To Be A Stay-At-Home Mom (With ADHD)
Stay-at-home-moms with ADHD are not the same as a neurotypical SAHM. In the summer of 2010, I was very pregnant, and very much looking forward to being a stay-at-home-mom. But I was not acknowledging my ADHD so I had no idea what was in store for me. You all know where your head is before […]
How To Stock Your Pantry
I am opinionated about a few things, so I’m gonna be honest and tell you that food, and how you should stock your pantry – is definitely one of them. When I say I am opinionated about food, it’s not just because I am living with ADHD. I am writing about stocking a pantry and […]
The Naked Truth About How ADHD Affects Women At Home
ADHD women at home don’t have it easy. We have very high standards for ourselves and we are often left feeling like a failure. I hated being a stay at home mom. In fact I wrote an article about it for Huffington Post a while back. While I stand by what I wrote in that article, […]
Authoritative Parenting When Mom Has ADHD Too
I was not raised in an authoritative parenting environment. As I have mentioned my mom was a single parent, and she didn’t have much help. As a teenager I was grounded fairly often. Usually because I was unmotivated or behaving impulsively or just ignoring my parents completely. Grounding worked as a punishment for me because […]
How To Raise A Boring, Insecure People Pleaser
A conversation from my life: “Hey bud, are you going to buy a house of your own someday?” I do this periodically, I ask my son what he wants as an adult. Mostly because I enjoy his answers, and kids with ADHD and/or autism are honest and straightforward in a way most adults will never […]
