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Coming August 2013 — 5 Days of ADHD Awareness
I’m writing a series of blog posts for August — 5 Days of ADHD Awareness. This will be a heart-rending, gut-wrenching series about what it’s like to have a child with ADHD, and to be a child who has...
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5 Days of ADHD Awareness: ADHD, Lying, and Your Child’s Heart
Welcome back to my series on ADHD Awareness. Yesterday, we began by discussing some of the common symptoms of this disorder. If you missed that article, you’ll want to click over and read it first....
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5 Days of ADHD Awareness: Focus vs. Hyper-focus
Welcome back to my series on ADHD Awareness. We began on Monday by discussing some of the common symptoms of this disorder. On Tuesday, I revealed my thoughts on ADHD, Lying, and Your Child’s Heart,...
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5 Days of ADHD Awareness — To Treat or Not to Treat, That is the Question
Welcome back to my series on ADHD Awareness. Today is the final installment in this series. You can read the first 4 articles by following these links: ADHD Defined ADHD, Lying and Your Child’s...
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Top 10 Resources for ADHD Support
As a follow up to 5 Days of ADHD Awareness, I wanted to share some websites and books that have been helpful to us. Some of these are great parenting or homeschooling resources in general, and some are...
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Help Your Child with Challenges
Last year, I was introduced to a ministry, March Forth Family, founded and led by Tom and Julie Meekins. March Forth Family seeks to: . . . dedicate the rest of our professional lives to helping...
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Using Essential Oils for ADHD
We are embarking on a new experiment around here — using essential oils to help manage Ben’s ADHD symptoms. I’m giving it a 30-day trial. I might be a little skeptical, but through prayer and...
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Does Your Child Have the Edison Trait?
Several years ago, Ben took an online course through Quick Study Labs (QSL). QSL offers several online courses in electronics. Back then Ben took a course entitled, The Edison Project. Using snap...
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Music for ADHD Kids — a FREE Webinar
I just registered for this webinar because I thought it sounded really good. Music has been a staple in our home since Ben was born. We began playing classical music almost immediately, and to this...
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5 Reasons to Homeschool Your Child with ADHD
I won’t lie. Homeschooling a child with ADHD (with or without medication) is a challenging experience. There are days when I long for that big yellow bus to stop in front of my house and whisk Ben off...
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5 Days of ADHD Awareness: Angry, Frustrated, and Hurt, oh my!
Welcome back to my series on ADHD Awareness. We began on Monday by discussing some of the common symptoms of this disorder. And then yesterday, I revealed my thoughts on ADHD, Lying, and Your Child’s...
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What is ADHD?
Welcome to day one of my series on ADHD Awareness — What is ADHD? Before we get started, I want you to know that this is a series I don’t really relish the thought of writing, but one that I feel...
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Help for the Distracted Homeschooler
Does your child dawdle during school time? Is your child wasting time daydreaming when he should be focusing on his chores or homeschool assignments? I have a child whose mind runs a million miles a...
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How to Teach Valuable Life Skills to Your Teen with ADHD
You’re parenting a teen with ADHD. You’ve made it through some of the toughest years of parenting, including puberty. But shockingly, the symptoms of ADHD didn’t magically disappear the way a few...
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How Parents Can Help Kids With ADHD Get Quality Sleep
Children with ADHD can find it difficult to relax and fall asleep at night. Many children with ADHD suffer from insomnia and other sleep disorders, and ADHD medications can interfere with the ability...
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9 Ways Parents Can Empower Their ADHD Children
Empowering ADHD children simply means helping them learn how to cope with everyday life in a calm but confident manner. By instilling confidence, we can teach our ADHD children how to take control of...
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How to Prepare Your ADHD Teen for His First Job
Do you remember your first job as a teen? No doubt you had butterflies in your stomach as you thought about meeting your co-workers and learning all about your new job. Going off to work for the first...
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How to Help Your Teen Manage ADHD without Medication
If you’ve been around this blog for any length of time, you have likely read my transparent stories about parenting and homeschooling my son with ADHD. One of the things we have discussed is our choice...
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Social Media Tips for Teens with ADHD
Today’s teenagers are saturated by social media. For better or worse it’s a fact of modern life. And many parents have concerns over the effects social media is having on their teens, especially...
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5 Tips for Teaching Math to a Teen with ADHD
If you are a homeschool mom of a teen with ADHD, you may see math as the bain of your existence (like me). For our entire homeschool career, I have complained bitterly about math. While I’m not the...
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