Power Moms Unite

Like it or not, if you live with ADHD, you are going to have to become an expert rift repairer, know expert apology strategies to repair friendships, engender forgiveness, and extend acceptance.  As a parent and your child’s model, teaching how to repair a rift, begins with you.  Unlike with other kids, the process of [...]

How many times have you said, “the weekend just slipped past me?”  Weekends, deeply packed with band practice, scout meetings and birthday parties leave little time to prepare for the week or have some of your own emotional and physical down time to regroup for the coming week.  We have had weekends, in which the [...]

I have a lot of kids- and a lot of kids with special needs, so this problem may be unique to me, but I struggle to keep track of where I am in the process of raising my children.  There are times that I am very overwhelmed by how many needs they each have or [...]

 
One of the largest challenges of running a household, can be managing all the paper!  What to keep, what to toss, where to file it, let alone filing it at all- can be an overwhelming series of tasks.  Consider creating a home management notebook: create your “powermom handbook.” 
Start with a 1-1/2 inch 3 ring binder, [...]

To create your family’s homework box, start with a lidded plastic shoe box or discarded cigar box. (You can purchase cigar boxes rather cheaply at local cigar stores). I recommend a wooden box over a plastic shoe box, as cigar boxes have attached lids that make them difficult to misplace and they holds up [...]

We live in an age when we are driven by our activities, be they for work or recreation. For the ADHD family, that activity drive often becomes intense distraction that ramps up stress levels in the home. Distracted by email, texting, internet surfing, the time to complete tasks is shortened. Family members [...]