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Dinner with an ADHD Family
Curbing Your Frustration I had one of those classic moments of insight at the dinner table last night. If you consider yourself an ADHD family, you’ll appreciate this story. Imagine the scene. It’s summertime. We’re eating late because it still looks like it’s 2:00 outside, and no one wants to eat before 7:30, anyway. My…
Tags: Coach for Success, Expert Articles, Settle Family Politics
October 2, 2023
Want to Stop Your Child From Interrupting in School?
Have You Tried Post-It® Notes? As parents, we’re not the only ones who are trying to help our kids manage themselves and pay attention at school – so are their teachers. So if you want to stop your child from interrupting in school, try introducing Post-It® notes for self-management. No, I’m not kidding. Here’s what…
Tags: Communicate with Teachers, Develop Routines, Grades & School Performance, Increase Focus, Organize for School, Overcome Obstacles
September 18, 2023
Communicating with Teachers for School Success with ADHD
The Struggle Is Real It is heartbreaking and frustrating for parents to witness the struggles their children face in school. They: want to move, but they’re expected to sit quietly. can’t concentrate, but they need to finish the assignment. have a hard time remembering instructions, and their teacher thinks they’re not listening. have a messy…
Tags: Communicate with Teachers, Expert Articles
August 21, 2023
Dreading School Meetings with Teachers? Try These 8 Steps
A client emailed me in a bit of a panic. She asked if I could offer any words of wisdom or a ‘mantra’ for her to run through her mind – something to help her keep her from getting defensive. She was dreading a school meeting with teachers about her 8th grader, expecting them to…
Tags: Build Trust, Communicate with Teachers, Expert Articles, Grades & School Performance, Overcome Obstacles
August 8, 2023
Early Warning Signs of Trouble for Teens with ADHD
Recognize Tipping Points and Take Action Of all the challenges that come with ADHD, perhaps the most frightening for parents is the heightened risk of criminal behavior. Society has a low tolerance for ‘abnormal behaviors.’ The law sets tolerances about what is acceptable. Generally, the causes of errant behavior are not relevant in the eyes…
Tags: Change Behaviors, Guest Expert, Teen Issues
July 31, 2023
Parent Expectations: 2 Steps To Success
How do we as parents set expectations for our children or ourselves when at least one of us has an attention deficit disorder? When our children are born, we have conscious or unconscious expectations of how we will be as a parent, how our children will evolve, and how we will grow together as a…
Tags: Change Behaviors, Guest Expert, Overcome Obstacles
July 24, 2023
Help! My Family Members Have ADHD and I Feel Powerless
The parents and romantic partners of people with ADHD often feel powerless to influence what happens in their family. They feel like too much of the burden of responsibility falls to them, like they can’t count on family members who have ADHD to do their fair share. As a result, they too often feel tired,…
Tags: Build Trust, Co-Parenting, Guest Expert, Overcome Obstacles
July 17, 2023
Become A Dive Bomber Parent
Are you a Helicopter parent? It’s easy to become one when your kid has ADHD. It seems that they need help, support, and guidance on a daily – if not constant – basis. For many of us, it could be a full-time job. For some of us, it is, helping our kids keep up with…
Tags: Build Trust, Change Behaviors, Coach for Success, Expert Articles
July 10, 2023
9 Tips for Non-ADHD Parents to Motivate Your Whole Family
Families with children with ADHD often discover that one (or both!) parent has ADHD, too. And when this happens, non-ADHD adult partners need to motivate everyone in the family, creating routines that will make family life easier. It can be exhausting. Besides, you may end up feeling like the family’s terrible guy. Here are some…
Tags: Change Behaviors, Co-Parenting, Coach for Success, Couple's Issues, Guest Expert, Learn from Mistakes, Settle Family Politics
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