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Tag: anxiety

  • Inattentive ADHD In Girls – Why It Can Lead To Anxiety

    Please forgive me. For the purposes of this blog I am referring to typical ADHD boys and typical ADHD girls. Your child may not fit the exact criteria and it may appear a tad sexist – but I am talking in general terms as backed by evidence and statistics… Girls have ADHD too. Girls have…

  • Stop The Rudeness – Bring Back the Joy

      You bring your child into your family and your dream is for a kind of Waltons or Brady Bunch kind of scenario. Happy children, laughing and playing together. Time for bed…..Yes okay mummy, shall I help you with the dishes before I go? Yeh whatever. Hmmm, not likely. Instead what you have to tolerate…

  • Why A Pop-Up Pencil Case Taught Me A Lesson

    Our children are heading back to school. Every where we look there are reminders; new uniforms, lunch boxes and of course new stationery…. I am reminded of a particular horrendous time with my son, who has ADHD, standing in the aisle of a crowded WH Smiths. He was desperate to have a particular Disney princess…

  • Anxiety. Why We MUST Take It Seriously.

    Anxiety. It is now a common condition that is increasingly affecting our children with ADHD. I’m hearing  more and more stories where our little people are feeling super stressed about school, social situations and day-to-day activities. What is going on? Well for a start. We have to take it seriously. We can use a variety…