A Last Summer Fling

Are your kids back in school yet? Around here, school starts on Wednesday. My daughter and I were saying just this afternoon what a shame it was that the last few days of summer vacation have been so dreary. We’ve had a number of very strong storms in the last several days, and it’s been […]

Is ADD A Fraud?

By now I hope you’re used to my somewhat circuitous method of writing – seems I always start in one place and end up somewhere else, with hopefully a connection in the middle. Isn’t that the way when you have Attention Deficit Disorder? I recently stumbled upon a website that I really like: Common Sense […]

Organizng School Papers the ADD Way

We are in the midst of a nasty heat wave where I live, and yet signs of fall are all around. The stores have their autumn merchandise out already – I even saw turkey decorations in one store. The school bus has come down our street a few times in preparation for the new school […]

Aha! ADD

This post may seem to be all about me and the changes here at ADD Moms, but stick with it. I think you’ll find it relevant to your ADDer. I had a real wake-up call the other day. As I mentioned in my last post, I am in the process of making some changes to […]

Changes at ADD Moms

My son has a habit of wandering. He can’t sit still long enough to watch a tv program or finish a meal. Yesterday, he brought his almost finished glass of iced tea into the kitchen and got out his allergy meds to take. Then he went wandering. In the meantime, I walked into the kitchen […]

Reading and ADHD

Did you know that most kids lose some of their reading and math skills over the summer, and that kids with ADD or ADHD may lose even more? I was at our local bookstore this afternoon and noticed a sign saying that they had the required reading lists for school available. More and more schools […]