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proud of your kids

Don’t Be Proud of Your Kids

Pride From Within What if I told you that being proud of your kids doesn’t matter? Not…

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Life Tools: Discovering Your Toolbox

Can you imagine if young adults were to embark on the world of college, marriage, partnership and…

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How to Help Without Enabling Your Kid

How to Help (Without Enabling) Your Kid: The Four Roles of the Parent

We get this question all the time from parents: “I want to help my kid, because I…

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teacher training and ADHD

How Do I Check-In On my Kids Without Nagging?

As well-meaning as you are, sometimes when we check-in on our kids, it feels like nagging to…

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Overcoming Learning Challenges – A Complex Kid Speaks Out

Do you sometimes feel like you don’t know how to talk to your child about their learning…

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creating change

6 Core Coaching Concepts for Creating Change

“Our chief want in life is somebody who will make us do what we can.” ~Ralph Waldo…

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Compassion

Compassion is a Cornerstone of ADHD Management

In an interview recently, a summit host asked me for my #1 recommendation for parenting calmly with…

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Love Your ADHD Brain

The Importance of Heart For thousands of years humans have considered the heart as the center of…

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smart vs organized

Don’t Confuse Smart with Organized

In order to do well in school, kids need two things: organization and intelligence. And guess what?…

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How to Teach Love of Learning to Kids Who Struggle in School

Humans have a natural desire to learn new things. As a species, we are curious and like…

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What to Say to Your Child or Teen about Diagnosis for ADHD

A member of our ADHD Parenting Community on Facebook (this is a private group open to the…

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The 3 Legged Stool of Success for Kids with ADHD Part 1: Self-Awareness

Here’s the bottom line: Find things your child does well; tasks he or she completes with mastery. Then you’ve got something about which both you and your son or daughter can honestly say: “That was pretty darned good.” Your kids need to experience the joy of success. It’s like money in their self-assessment bank account.

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