I like to cook, and judging by the numbers of people that eat at our house, I must not be too bad at it. But I'm not much of a baker. Our favorite brownie recipe (although it gets rave reviews) is the Food Lion with walnut mix. So when I was invited to be part of a virtual cookie exchange, I initially dismissed the idea. But then I remembered all of my Facebook friends, and put out a request for help! And sure enough, I got a recipe that sounds absolutely delicious. So I'm in! I sort of feel like I've cheated just a bit and brought my next door neighbor's cookies, but you're probably … [Read more...]

One of our readers is in a contest, and you can help her win with one click. As the coowner of Big Dog Taekwon-Do school, she's in a competition to be named a leading mom in business. Many of her students have ADHD. Here's what she says: "We have heard from parents and professionals alike that participation in a program like ours helps improve focus because we do emphasize so much self awareness and self control. We are attempting to influence as many young people as we can to not only teach them valuable self defense skills but to help them learn to be more self confident!" Please take a … [Read more...]

Speaking of remembering, some of you have been asking about our second son, whose ADHD was the inspiration for "Who Put the Ketchup in the Medicine Cabinet?" back in 2002. I haven't mentioned him in almost two years, because he joined the US NAVY, and was attending boot camp and undergoing a security check. I was paranoid that something I had written about him - good or bad - would cause him embarrassment or worse. So I didn't bring him up - hard to do when you're bursting with pride! But, I'm breaking my silence. Boot camp, over a year of schooling, and the security clearance are behind … [Read more...]