Tag: school
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Why Punishments Don’t Work
Picture these scenarios: Meet Jamie. Jamie has a messy bedroom. He cannot find anything. Letters from school are lost and homework is left to the last minute. So mum nags him and get cross. “Tidy your room. Where’s your letter? Why are you leaving everything until the last minute?” Things escalate and eventually Jamie storms…
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Shaming and Blaming Doesn’t Work
I wonder how your child feels with school looming after the Christmas break? Excited, hopeful, enthusiastic, eager. Or… Anxious, worried, fearful, scared, bored, disinterested, angry. I’m guessing more of the latter. Our children with ADHD find school a difficult environment. Regimented, full of rules, strict. Zero tolerance for inappropriate behaviour. An environment so directly opposed…
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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…
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Why I Wore My Resilient Knickers
There are times in our lives that we dread but at the same time we also look forward to. Sounds a bit mixed up, right? But if you have a child with ADHD this is exactly what we experience frequently. An old school friend invited me and my hubby to the wedding of her daughter…