Teaching children with ADHD about consequences is tricky business. As a parent with ADHD I have trouble recalling my past learning experiences and applying them, so I know damn well my child has is even harder. According to the authors of Parenting with Love and Logic, consequences don’t have to happen immediately in order to […]
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Parenting for College and Career Success
Parenting for college and career success requires us to lead our children to the intersection of interests, education and work. (Without imposing our own expectations.) When I first heard Lynn Miner-Rosen speak, I thought that my son was waaaaaay too young to worry about college. Or career for that matter. I mean we’re just trying […]
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 […]
5 Simple Rules To Improve Your Week Alone With Your Children
I can name at least 5 friends whose husbands travel for business. Some of these women work outside of the home and some stay at home. My husband occasionally travels too, so I know how hard it is to hold down the fort when you are alone with the kids. Have you ever had to […]
The Importance Of Establishing Routines For Children
As a person suffering with ADHD during my formative years, I have had to create systems to help myself function in the world. Routine and structure are essential to my functioning. I get irritable when I am out of my routine. So does my son. People with ADD/ADHD crave stimulation, so it might seem […]
Comparing Apples and Oranges
If your child has ADHD, or some other exceptionality, is it fair to compare them to “normal” children? I’m gonna go off on one of my weird tangents here. I have issues. But you already knew that, right? The other night we had dinner with some friends. Watching my son play a game of Boggle […]
Book Review: The Explosive Child
I cannot recall how I first found this book by Dr. Ross Greene. I ordered it a while back but just opened it a few weeks ago. I ended up reading it over a couple of days. You see, I live with an “Explosive Child”. Well, sort of. We go in an almost cyclical pattern […]
