April at Power Moms Unite has focused on setting a course for where we want our family life to go: we begin with the end in mind. Instead of simply reacting or letting society chose our path, we set a path for how we want our lives to be. We created a map for our life journey, taking back control of the direction our family life and limiting the effects of ADHD on our children. Below are links to postings that...
There are times when I am so overwhelmed by the task of cleaning and organizing that it is easier to just escape outside. Unfortunately, I always have to come back in to make dinner, do laundry, help with homework, and the mess is STILL there! The mounting mess, just intensifies my stress. One method of coping has been the cabinent-a-day approach to cleaning. Instead of tackling an entire room, focus on one...
There are frightening statistics out there about ADHD and adolescents. Kids with unmanaged ADHD are twice as likely to develop substance abuse problems than kids without ADHD. Teens with unmanaged ADHD are at greater risk for unprotected sex, more partners, unplanned pregnancies, and STDs. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in a study published in 1997, motor vehicle accidents...
…your pocket contents look like this. Do you file things away and forget about them? Does that habit, despite multiple attempts to organize, make it hard to do your job and difficult to run your home finances? If so, it might be worth an evaluation by a psychiatrist for ADHD. When disorganization, in spite of coaching, is negatively impacting your ability or your child’s ability, to participate in...
My mother-in-law loves to tell the story of how her 5 year old son, now 40-something software architect, took apart the family’s basement television on one rainy Saturday afternoon. She knew he would do something great if they could survive his childhood. We are all still puzzled as to how he didn’t electrify himself with the cathode tube AKA the capacitor.
Living with the destructively curious child...
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