What Are We Teaching Our Children?
Both of my daughters have issues with keeping the house (or apartment in their case) clean on a regular basis. And who can blame them? They are my daughters after all. I was thinking about this the other day and started wondering, “what are we teaching our children when it comes to things that we […]
It’s Not One Thing, It’s a Bunch
No, I don’t think anyone in the Brady Bunch ever had ADD, but I just couldn’t resist. 🙂 So if we’re not talking about the Brady Bunch, what are we talking about? My kitchen, of course. This year a lot of DIY stuff has been going on at our house. We are (still) installing hardwood […]
Visual Cues
Most of us with ADHD are visual learners. We learn better through pictures and graphs than just listening. There are a lot of ways that we can use visual cues to help us remember to do things or to plan our day. Here are a few ideas: I live in a somewhat rural area. It […]
The Power of Good Enough
As hard as it may be to believe, many of we ADD Moms are perfectionists. Really. Just because things may not look perfect at your house doesn’t mean you aren’t a perfectionist. It means that perfectionists often put things off until they can do them “perfectly”. The “right” way. No sense doing something if you’re […]
Double D’s: Depression and D3
When you have Attention Deficit Disorder, you are always “gifted” with other things as well. ADHD never travels alone. Anxiety, learning disabilities, and depression are some of ADHD’s more common traveling companions. It’s important that you treat these things in a manner that’s comfortable for you. There is no shame in using medication for mental […]
The Not Paying Attention Part
If you have ADHD, you know that one of our biggest problems is not being able to pay attention. Duh. That’s why they call it Attention Deficit Disorder. Not being able to pay attention is a whole lot of what we struggle with in our lives. For instance, after my daughter Sarah got engaged, I […]