ADD / ADHD Children : Being Your Child's Best Friend
Do you live with an ADD / ADHD child? If so-- my hat is off to you! ADD / ADHD children are brilliant, full of energy, smart as a whip (as grandma says), and tons of work. They are also the rising sun and the setting star: meaning much of life revolves around them in one way or another. One tactic you might employ is to: be your child's best friend.Hear me out just a bit. I am not promoting parents in "jammies" all day-- everyday, messy homes filled with increasing whirlwind clutter that no-one attends to, nor hot dogs and pizza nightly just to avoid more arguing with an ADD / ADHD child.I am suggesting the reminder we all need with these special needs children: keep perspective.And yes-- try thinking along the lines of being best friends with your child.Best friends are people who look out for the best interest of another. Best friends have a special tolerance for each other.
Best friends set aside time to truly know each other and how each other thinks and feels.Best friends stand up for one-another, for their rights, their feelings, their health, and their needs.Best friends look forward to more time together.Best friends cherish each other dearly.Best friends also speak the truth and help guide each other along the journey of life together.Here are more simple reminders that we easily forget when caught up in our daily grind. I hope they will help from time to time with your ADD / ADHD parenting:* Remember to keep the rules-- but not TOO many rules all at once... all the time!* Schedule FUN* Stop being organized now and then to ad-lib and make delight shine for you both again!* Yes-- even with medicated kids some days are suddenly going to be worse than others.* This is physiological-- remember?* You are the expert in his/her eyes. Provide correction and consequences accordingly.* Use notebooks, or better yet email, to communicate with the teacher daily.* It is no fun for the ADD / ADHD child to be "wrong" or in trouble so much of the day-- catch him/her being good!! * With young ADD / ADHD children try picture charts on the wall for daily routines to follow.* Your child needs extra reminders, extra chances, extra love, and extra encouragement (so do you!!)* Read The Five Love Languages of Children by Gary Chapman and Ross Campbell.* Know the educational rights in your school district and utilize each and every one of them :-)* Be patient with the child, your mate, and especially yourself.* Tenderness and politeness goes a long way with these precious ones.* These kids love to be helpful-- utilize it, just don't seek perfection :-) and finally:** DON'T go It ?ALONE! Enlist the help of extended family, friends, neighbors, associates, playmate families, medical professionals, and perhaps a coach for sanity.Two myths that existed when I was a child: The first was that the parents were always right and had all the answers. The second one was that "You can have it all, baby".
Well, as a parent-- I know the first is NOT true. And as a working mom-- the second is out the door as well (or at least the romanticized fantasy version of it is). * You are a parent-- do your best. * Learn every day. * Ask for forgiveness.* And cherish this relationship.
You can design your life-- You are a parent, and an individual.?You have to pick and choose which elements will be incorporated within it, and, how you want it to run. Your child needs love, fun, consideration, truth, honesty, openness, and the gentle/firm guidance that best friend's can give without damaging or straining the relationship. You already have so many different hats to wear all day for your various roles. Being your child's best friend might simplify some of that. Give it a try.
Enjoy these years and enjoy your ADD / ADHD child !!!! Until next time--- all the best,Kate.
Quit Nit Picking On Your Children
Valparaiso, IN (ContentDesk) March 19, 2004 -- Eeeeeew! Head lice! Every mom and dad shudders at the thought of those creepy little bugs crawling around their child's hair. Now there is hope. Darren Serhal is the owner of a Midwest web based company (www.LiceHelp.com) that sells a Solution that kills head lice and their nits (eggs). The formula is an all-natural solution to a growing problem with the 6-15 year old crowd."The problem is growing because lice have become immune to the typical pesticide-based formulas that are sold on the store shelves." Serhal explains. "From pre-school, day care, grade school, theater seats, airplane seats, sports equipment, and even in church you can get these little pests." he continues.The Serhal family experienced the terror first hand when their daughter got lice 6 years ago.
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The Memory Collector
Everyone collects something right?
It may be baseball cards, hats, or some other type of sports memorabilia.
Even if you don't consider yourself a collector of anything, you may be and don't even know it.
How about the collection of tools in the cellar you don't really use, but you have to have them!
Even maybe all those movies laying around you no longer watch, sounds like a collection to me.More common items people typically collect are things like, coins, military items, guns, and sports items.
Generally it will be something that once interested a person, had an impact on their lives or they just simply enjoyed.
Me, I am a collector of shot glasses.
What it was that spawned the interest is beyond me, I think it may have started in college.
I now have a collection of over 300 shot glasses, and yes, I have had at least 1 shot of some type of a concoction from each one of them.
Looking at them now, they are...
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Promotional Products Expo
FarFromBoring Promotions, a Boca Raton-based distributor of promotional Products, is presenting an end-user expo at the Embassy Suites Hotel, 661 NW 53rd Street, Boca Raton (Yamato Road exit I-95), on Thursday October 6, 2005 from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM. The event will feature dozens of specialty advertising vendors showing their wares, including items such as pens, tote bags, wearables, desk top accessories, hats, holiday gifts and food baskets. All can be custom imprinted with logos and advertising messages. Attendees will be able to get hands-on information about the products, learn more about successful promotions other companies have had, and place orders on site. Everyone who attends the event will receive a token for a $100 discount on any order of $500 or more.FarFromBoring Promotions is a Boca Raton-based full-service world-wide marketer of
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The Society of Recovering Sorority Girls Remind America to Celebrate ?The Nanny Reunion: A Nosh to Remember?
Washington, DC ? The Society of Recovering Sorority Girls, through its founders Kristina "Morgan" Rose and Deandra "Brooksie" Brooks, remind America to celebrate "The Nanny Reunion: A Nosh to Remember."
The special reunion episode will air on December 6 at 8 PM EST on Lifetime Television. "Is everyone practicing their Fran Dresher imitation yet?" asked Morgan.
"Brooksie and I are ready to host a special signature party for the Nanny reunion."On December 6, the cast of
"The Nanny" will gather at the Malibu beach house of actress Fran Dresher for a dinner party.
America is invited to join them on Lifetime Television as they reflect and reminisce about their experiences on the show.
In addition, the special one-hour reunion will feature clips, rehearsal footage and never-before-seen bloopers.
"I've already bought three new outfits to host this party," added Brooksie.
"Two them even have coordinating hats."Morgan and Brooksie...
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Flattering Swimwear for Everyone ? Yes, Even YOU!
"There are so many styles of swimwear to choose from, especially if you are a women. With more options than ever, all women regardless of size or shape, can feel stylish wearing swimwear at the pool or on the beach this season."Summertime is inevitably a season when we all at some time or another bring out the swimwear. Whether it is at the beach, camping or the cottage, the warm weather and tantalizing water encourages a refreshing swim. There are some on the other hand who may not even use their swimwear for the water but who like to sit in the sun's rays and give their skin the glow of summer. Whatever use you have for your bikini or swimwear the wonderful assortment of fabrics, styles and accessories will have you out and about enjoying the fine weather.There are some of us who don't exactly look forward to this time of year when we have to bring out the swimwear and bikinis in hopes that those couple of extra pounds gained over the year won't have us bulging out of the seams. <...
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Mr. Cheapies Frugal Shopping Tips
Hello. Mr. Cheapie here again with three more fantastic I-can't-believe-I-didn't-think-of-that frugal shopping tips. I already gave you my best frugal eating tips at: http://www.thehappyguy.com/frugal-living-tip.html Now let's move away from food, because it is to always important to buy the sizzle, not the steak. That's the first tip.
If the steak was any good, why would Madison Avenue spend all its efforts selling the sizzle?...
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Mortgage Terminology for the First Time Home Buyer
Buying a Home for the first time can be a little "nerve racking". Mortgage terminology that brokers use everyday can leave you scratching your head or shaking your head pretending that you know what they're talking about. Here are some mortgage terms and definitions that you"ll be hearing when shopping for a first time home buyer loan:Adjustable-rate loans, also known as variable-rate loans, usually offer a lower initial interest rate than fixed-rate loans. The interest rate fluctuates over the...
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