So, how do you deal with the attitude?
Now, before I begin, I have to say this. I LOVE my kids. I really, really do. Still, I do not GET where their recent attitudes have come from. Actually, I'm pretty sure that it is somehow related to MY attitude, but I digress.My daughter, the one who we are watching for ODD (and no, not just being odd, but oppositional defiance disorder), I get. She lives for at

Three Tips for … Surviving Math Homework
Don't let the headline get to you. For some kids, math comes easy to them. Then there are the rest of us. Not to be stereotypical, but math can pose some special difficulties for our ADHD kids. ADHD kids have a tendency to have difficulties with math facts, processing word problems and even following the order of operations. Special skills can help ease these troubles. Here are three tips to help your kids survive and thrive math this year. 1. Make it fun. I know I keep saying this, but make the math fun. Despite common belief, you can make it fun. Let them do math facts online. Download a math game. In fact, you can even buy a

Psych You Mind
So yesterday we had our eval with the psychiatrist. I am still trying to decide how I feel about it. I expected...more. I thought it would me a bit more like a reg couns appt. It wasn't. It began with us arriving 45 minutes early. We had to drive into Phoenix and since I usually get lost, I allowed for this. I didn't. Then I planned to take them to the cafeteria for a snack, but because of that silly flu, they wouldn't allow it. So we sat. When we finally got to our first appointment of the day, I was quite flustered. The doctor just stared. Like, he didn't ask any questions or anything. Just. Stared. I then wondered if I had a bat in t

Phew. That's all I can say. Phew.
Well, my kids and I have officially survived one quarter of the school year. It wasn't easy. In fact, there were many times that I didn't think we would survive. There were tears. Sometimes they were even my kids.But we did it. And now we have to do it three more times. o_OI learned a lot during the quarter. Here's a few: I need to make sure I have realistic expectations. I am coming to accept the fact that while I know my son is a genius, it's ok if he gets some B's every now and then. C's are not acceptable, and he should have mostly A's, but some B's are the end of the world. I realize that it's not worth the extra hour (or

Give yourself something to look forward to
As a completely overwhelmed, sick, too busy mom, I realized what was keeping my one little shred of sanity. It's having something to look forward to. I don't mean something big, like a vacation, though that certainly helps. Right now, money is tough, so I look forward to weekend evenings when my husband and I play free online poker. It's fun, it's free and I enjoy it. We also have something brewing that I cannot mention yet, but suffice it to say that it gives me something to possibly look forward to. Not only that, but is a good mind blank - a good way to have something outside of my norm to think about. This made me think about how important it is for ALL moms, but esp