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Things to consider in how ADD/ADHD impacts many areas of your life
1. Organization & Completion Clear goals & steps – follow through on projects large and small. 2. Career Development A meaningful work life that plays to one’s talents & strengths. 3. Tracking Time Planning & executing the sequence of a day, week, month. 4. Household Harmony Order & success with the projects & stuff around [...]
ADD/ADHD parenting tip: Teach your child how to make friends
Children with attention deficit disorder often have difficulty with simple social interactions. They may struggle with reading social cues, talk too much, interrupt frequently, or come off as aggressive or “too intense.” Their relative emotional immaturity can make them stand out among children their own age, and make them targets for unfriendly teasing. Keep in [...]
Listen, LISTEN
When you listen you affirm me but your listening must be real sensitive and serious not looking busily around not with a worried or distracted frown not preparing what you are going to say next but giving me your full attention. You are telling me I am a person of value important and worth listening [...]
ADD/ADHD parenting tip: Help your child eat right
Diet is not a direct cause of ADHD, but food can and does affect your child’s mental state, which in turn seems to affect behavior. Monitoring and modifying what, when, and how much your child eats can help decrease the symptoms of ADD/ADHD. All children benefit from fresh foods, regular meal times, and staying away [...]
Teaching Kids Thinking Skills
When you’re a child no one teaches you to think much about your thoughts or challenge the notions that go through your head, even though your thoughts are always with you. Why do we spend so much time teaching kids about diagramming sentences and so little time teaching them how to think clearly? Most people [...]
ADD/ADHD parenting tip: Encourage movement and sleep
Physical activity can help your child with ADD/ADHD Children with ADD/ADHD often have energy to burn. Organized sports and other physical activities can help them get their energy out in healthy ways and focus their attention on specific movements and skills. The benefits of physical activity are endless: it improves concentration, decreases depression and anxiety, [...]
Memo to Parents from a Child
A friend of mine recently shared a poem with me titled “Memo to Parents from a Child.” written by an unknown author. I feel it is worth sharing with all of you – lest we forget what is on the minds of our children during their developmental years. Please keep yourself fit and healthy. I [...]
ADD/ADHD parenting tip: Positive Programming Versus Negative Programming
If you’re a parent with an ADD/ADHD child I’m sure you know how they unfortunately seem to see the negative side of things first. Parents, teachers, and others often program the thoughts of children by how they talk to them. In dealing with children, it’s important to program their mind with positive, uplifting, hopeful words, [...]
Children with ADHD need consistent rules that they can understand and follow
Make the rules of behavior for the family simple and clear. Write down the rules and hang them up in a place where your child can easily read them. Children with ADD/ADHD respond particularly well to organized systems of rewards and consequences. It’s important to explain what will happen when the rules are obeyed and [...]
Passionate about helping
I’m passionate about helping parents with ADD/ADHD children to understand there child’s needs. To develop and maintain an effective balance between their self-worth and that of their child’s, making the parenting journey one of life’s most rewarding experiences. Your reward will be to see your children become viable, decent parents of the next generation. The [...]
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