Posted on 02/28/2008 by Dee
Please pardon the pun I’ve taken from the tax commercial, I just couldn’t help myself.
There’s nothing that can be more lonely or isolating than being a parent with an ADHD child.
I’ve said it before, it’s vital that parents like this must have a support system outside of family and the established friendship setup.
When you have [...]
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Posted on 02/27/2008 by Dee
since I’ve posted here in this blog. My apologies to all. I’ve got 3 other blogs I attend to and business has picked up a bit.
Sometimes I find it hard to write my thoughts with my son around. He still insists that I give him my undivided attention.
It’s hard for me to deal with him. [...]
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Posted on 02/24/2008 by Dee
Now there are support groups and people are more educated when it comes to ADD/ADHD. These groups are full of parents and professionals who can give advice on how to handle your overly active child and give ideas on finding time to yourself.
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Posted on 02/22/2008 by Dee
Even Tarzan could be socialized. Although Tarzan was a fictional character, the thought was there, how to socialize someone brought up by apes.
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Posted on 02/20/2008 by Dee
Their minds are always in perpetual bounce….boing, boing, boing!
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Posted on 02/19/2008 by Dee
I was surfing along the web when I came upon this great website ADHD Websites and article.
The title of the article: ADHD – Do People Tell you to Shut Up?
–Something about ADHD that can become a real problem is asking too many questions. We just do it sometimes, and we don’t even [...]
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Posted on 02/18/2008 by Dee
Life with Fast Boy
Another mother’s ADHD diary.
Her son is gifted. Children with ADHD are intelligent children it’s getting them to tap into that intelligence that’s the hurdle.
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Posted on 02/18/2008 by Dee
All I could say is; been there, done that — poop here, poop there, poop hair, poop everywhere. I hate to tell her but, with a child like this, poop-o-sphere will be the least of her worries.
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Posted on 02/17/2008 by Dee
Sometimes I just want out!
I can’t really pinpoint when I started suspecting that something wasn’t quite right with my boy. As all parents know, toddlers are active , learning about themselves and the world around them.
Yes, Drew, my son was very, very active. I thought this was a normal state of being with a [...]
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Posted on 02/17/2008 by Dee
To bad I didn’t start this diary when my son was four or five. Now, I’ve got to reach back into memory’s closet to write everything down.
I guess I should start by saying that this is a blog about me and my son. I was a single mother raising a child who was diagnosed with [...]
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