When my eight year old daughter with ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) is in school, I hate it almost as much as she does. For about ten months of the year, she is in a classroom designed for students expected to sit down, sit still, and conform, but she was designed to be constantly moving, fidgeting, and thinking outside the box. To be honest, my daughter finds mostly all of the subjects in school boring, so when there is a lesson about fractions for example,...
I have been a stay at home mom for the past eight years and for the first time ever, my kids are both in elementary school this year. Even though my kids are away at school for seven hours a day (4.5 hours on minimum days), I still have plenty of things to do around the house, which my husband doesn’t seem to understand. I also work from home, but not at a typical job. I’m a blogger, freelance writer, and ADHD Advocate. My husband is an analyst and he works very hard...
My husband has ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) and so does our eight year old daughter. Many times, we compare what having ADHD was like for my husband as a child to my daughter growing up with ADHD now. There are quite a number of differences. Many aspects have changed and luckily, they’ve changed for the better. Going from just one generation to the next, the perception and understanding of ADHD has progressed a lot. Although there is still some stigma...
I had SO much fun collaborating with some of the ADHDmazing kids from MLV’s Facebook community to create “ADHDmazing Artwork” last year, which helped educate the world about ADHD from a child’s perspective. (It was even picked up by ADDitude!) I am doing another awesome ADHDmazing Artwork collaboration to help spread ADHD Awareness again this year. The ADHDmazing Artwork will be posted in March for Youth Art Month. If your child has ADHD and is between the ages of...
January 26 – February 1, 2018 We did it, guys! We made it to Friday! *high fives and wine all around* Welcome to this week’s Wound Up, where we can all laugh about the hilarious (and sometimes downright crazy) things our children with ADHD (and ourselves) did and said during the week. Some of the Facebook posts included in the Wound Up may not be specific to ADHD, but if they are here, then you can bet they are definitely relatable to parents of children with ADHD. Parents...