What is Good ADHD Parenting?
Many of you know PJ, our 12 year old son. To help those who are less familiar, PJ was diagnosed with ADHD at 6. As he grew older, other conditions came to light: Asperger’s, anxiety, periodic mild depression, school avoidance and as of late, school refusal. He has gone from one medication [...]
Keep Your Eye on the Prize
Are you the type who has this inner conflict: You have the ability to hyperfocus, but due to your distractibility that focus is often misplaced?
I don’t know about you, but I find it real easy to throw myself into a task with great abandon. The only problem is that the task I choose may [...]
The Lie Behind the ADHD Hunter
OK – I’m outing myself. I am not some Super-Dad. Nor have I beaten ADHD. The guy with the cape doesn’t exist.
As the ADHD Hunter, I do know what we have had better success with. And equally, we have had massive failure moments. Perfection is unattainable.
The message here is not [...]
Perfection or Completion?
We see the little things. We notice every brush stroke and every nuance. Our eye for detail is a component of our creative side. But sometimes we can miss the big picture.
With ADHD, we have the ability to hyperfocus, seeing things others miss. That can be a great asset in business – “Bravo! Very detail-oriented!” [...]
You Just Have to Show Up
Woody Allen had said that 80% of success is just showing up. I can relate to that.
If I had shown up more often in high school and college, those experiences would have worked out better the first time around. And the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. These days, PJ is missing at least [...]
When Is It OK to Brainwash?
I can be a little controlling sometimes. And I believe in brainwashing, too. In this case I’m talking about controlling and brainwashing myself.
When we are bombarded by the things that have not worked out for us, our self-esteem suffers. We start to believe all the negative comments we have heard from others or thoughts we [...]
What Am I Doing Wrong?
Has this ever happened to you?
You develop friendships over time, always adding to the “good-will” bank, only to have the relationship go belly-up without knowing why? You consciously give more than you take. I don’t mean in some victim/doormat kind of way and not in a smothering way either. Just good relationship maintenance. I don’t [...]
10 Rules for Working with My ADHD Child
Everyone wants to know how to best help their child dealing with ADD or ADHD. Very often readers and social networking friends ask what we do, in working with our kids. Recently, a discussion like this resulted in an impromptu list of some of the rules we have tried to stick to. We’re not perfect [...]
Meeting the Needs of Special-Education Students
May 31, 2009 by Chris G.
Filed under Education, In the News
I don’t normally do posts like this, but I felt that the information it contained was important and I did not want this to become a game of telephone, with the message getting lost along the way. Therefore I would strongly encourage my readers to take a look at this link: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/31/education/31tuition.html?ref=education .
It is [...]
Some Setbacks…
Sorry for the delay in writing. We have had some good and bad days. OK – so we have had some bad days.
In my internet travels, possibly including here, I have mentioned the huge costs we have incurred with health insurance and out-of-pocket medical bills. I make a nice income, but when your medical [...]
