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Livin’ Easy With Your Kids – Summertime the Gershwin Way

May 25, 2008 By 1 Comment
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SUMMERTIME AND THE LIVIN' IS EASY. Summertime is supposed to be an easy time, evoking images of happy children with dirt necklaces, of lounging on the front porch with ice tea, of evenings soothed with fireflies and the lullabies of crickets and cicadas. As parents of children with ADHD, this is about as close to reality as Brahms is to Ice T. Our kids often waste their time fiddling with video games, strumming the remote, and chorusing "I'm bored." If you're going to play the blues this summer, take a lesson from George Gershwin. He has composed the perfect summertime accompaniment for the … [Read more...]

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School Supplies for the ADHD Inattentive Family

February 19, 2004 By 1 Comment
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Learning is enough of a struggle to children who find it hard to focus. They should therefore never have to look far for the proper tools. Like a busy executive, they need to concentrate on the task before them, and should have anything they need close at hand. There is a closet in our house that looks like the school supply section at Wal-Mart. The boys have tools to stay organized. They have plenty of socks, underwear, and soccer clothes. We have calculators, computers, dictionaries, encyclopedia, rulers, compasses, and even an electric eraser. I do try to think of my boys as busy … [Read more...]

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Getting Your ADHD Life In Order

September 5, 2002 By Leave a Comment

If you saw my house you would probably laugh at this one. We aren't terribly ordered on the surface. Underneath, however, we have specific places for everything. We have calendars and schedules and budgets, although I'm the one who keeps up with it all. A child with ADHD is notorious for being hopelessly disorganized. It is up to the parents to create a balance of structure for the home. It's not an easy job, for trying to organize most ADHD children is like trying to teach an elephant to dance. If one or both of the parents also has attention or organization problems, the task is even more … [Read more...]

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