15 Books Every CEO of an ADHD Family Should Read

Kid Cooperation: How to Stop Yelling, Nagging & Pleading and Get Kids to Cooperate Written by “Dr. William Sears, this concise and straightforward book is filled with applied skills that teach children to cooperate, end sibling fights, boost children’s self-esteem, and help parents handle discipline and anger with understanding and authority. An enlightening “parenting style” quiz...

May 3 is Children Mental Health Awareness Day: Tips for Recognizing Trauma, Helping Children Build Resilience

Tips for Recognizing Trauma, Helping Children Build Resilience The statistics are both surprising and disturbing—as many as two of every three children age 16 and younger have been exposed to at least one traumatic event, with consequences that can affect their development, learning, and behavior. Traumatic experiences can range from a one-time incident, such as the sudden death of a loved one or a natural...

For Girls Only: Tracking a Period

I suspect many women struggle with this, but few ever discuss it, because it’s embarrassing.  When is my next period?  We know when it is very late, or very early, but get to that third week and we may not be sure where in the month we are- assuming we have a super-regular period!  I have found a help: it’s called iPeriod.  Iperiod is a free iphone app, that tracts your cycle, even if it’s a...

5 Tips for Better Sleeping- For Kids and Parents!

National Sleep Foundation’s 2004 Sleep in America poll found that parents/caregivers lose an average of 200 hours of sleep a year, due to their child’s nighttime awakenings. In 2007, the same poll found that 20% of women are awakened to give care to a child during the night.  Let’s face it moms, we are not getting enough sleep! Sleep is always a hot topic, especially for families managing ADHD....

How I Got My Zing Back: An ADHD Mom’s Happiness Project

It’s been a while, so please be gentle to this newly re-engaged blogger…. I went in search of my “zing” during my writing hiatus.  Aging parents, struggling students, emotional pre-teens, needy toddlers, and a traveling husband took its pound of flesh- and my “zing” with them… In my frantic scurry to find happiness again, I came to realize that my zing was not a noun- a state to achieve, but a verb- a...