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 [...]
What Meaningful, Positive Changes Have You Planned?
The buzz for the last week or so – just like the year before and the year before that – has been about “resolutions”. A resolution could be defined as a decision to do something or to behave in a certain way. So many of us, each year, talk about what we will do different [...]
10 Rules for Working with My ADHD Kids: Episode #4
Episode #4 – End the Tug-of-War
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 [...]
10 Rules for Working with My ADHD Kids: Episode #3
Episode #3 – Stop Setting Traps for Your Kids
Is This Common Condition Making Your ADHD Challenges More Difficult?
You have been diagnosed with ADHD. You have been taking meds and working with a therapist in an attempt to reduce the impact of your distracted thoughts and impulsive actions. After several months or even years, you start to question why things still don’t seem right.
It’s possible that you are fighting more than [...]
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 [...]
10 Rules for Working with My ADHD Kids: Episode #2
Episode #2 – Create and Celebrate Good Decisions
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 [...]
