Parenting a child with ADHD, living with ADHD as an adult. How to ADHD. How to live with ADHD. How to deal with ADHD symptoms.
ADHD and Shame: The Who, What and Why Shame and ADHD? What do we know and what can be done about it? If you had asked me 8 years ago, as I was man-handling my 4 year old how I felt about myself, I would’ve lied and said “I think I’m pretty great.” The truth …
Is it me, Or ADHD? “No!” I whisper yell. “No, it’s 11:37 at night! You have to go to bed! Mommy is done with this!” I’m frustrated and sleep deprived. My 1 year old is resting his head peacefully four feet away. Meanwhile, I wrestle my 3 year old to stay in his toddler bed. …
25 ADHD Parenting Hacks with Alexa You Need to Know About Last year when I opened an Echo Dot for Christmas, I halfheartedly thought “Cool, I’ll probably hardly use this”. Oh, how wrong I was. Not only do I use Alexa daily, I use her multiple times a day. I joke that she’s my best …
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Does your spouse have ADHD? When adults start looking into their children’s learning struggles, a few things will often cross their mind. Questions such as “Do I have ADHD too?” or “Does my spouse have ADHD?” often surface. While whether or not someone has ADHD should be left to a doctor for a true diagnosis, there …
I think my child has ADHD, now what? You may be wondering how to seek a diagnosis for ADHD in your child, or even if you should. The first symptom of ADHD I saw in my oldest son was the struggle he experienced to sit at the table to finish a meal. I wasn’t alone …
The pencil tapping. The tock clicking. The faucet dripping. On a small scale, all these sounds seem trivial. But to an ADHD brain these sounds amplify the constant white noise of their brain. When ADHD children begin to struggle with the classroom structure, many parents turn to homeschooling for an alternative. But how do you …
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Disclosure: I was gifted a copy of the book, Raising WILL, Suriving the Brilliance and Blues of ADHD by Katherine Quie, Ph.D. LP in exchange for my honest review posted on my site. I of course, only reccomend things I’ve truly reviewed and feel they are of value to my audience! Thank you for reading. …
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Sometimes, Mothering the Storm (Lacyestelle.com) accepts informative, creative and helpful guest posts. This post is a guest post, submitted by Valentina Wilson. Thank you for reading. How can a mother financially plan for her child’s future? You are a mom, and it takes a lot of courage to take up this responsibility and accept such …
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I’ve heard them all. The judgemental statements from people who don’t understand ADHD. And quite frankly they’re not helpful. People who have never parented an ADHD child make statements that are discouraging, frustrating, and cut deep on a personal level. If you are an ADHD parent, you’ve heard them too. But why do people feel …
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Here’s the cold hard truth about budgeting as an ADHD woman. We don’t. We don’t want to. If we don’t have to. If we can always pay our bills, why would we? But here’s a fact we are avoiding: Without budgeting, saving and doing things with our future in mind, we will have no future. …
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