Tag: summer
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ADHD + End Of School Year
Have you heard of the condition ‘Endofyearitis’? You know ‘End-of-year-itis’ The condition when your child goes into complete shut down, behaviour is spiralling and there may be confrontation. This is real. Your child with ADHD may find it really, really hard to cope with the end of the school academic year. WHAT IS GOING ON?…
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ADHD + SUMMER HOLIDAYS
What a year! Now it’s the Summer holidays and an opportunity to have some fun and take off the pressure of school. Easier said than done with a child with ADHD. I remember when I was teaching and before my son was diagnosed, I longed for the day in September when I could escape back…
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I hate you! I’m bored….
This has been a long, long difficult period of time for us all. Stuck indoors with lockdown and now it’s officially the Summer holidays. Really!? There are still so many restrictions. Travel plans cancelled, indoor places shut, limitations on socially mixing and heightened tensions in the family. So it’s no wonder that life at the…
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Are you a good enough parent?
Last Friday we had our regular monthly Warrior Mums meeting. This is a lovely group of mums who meet every month to share what’s been going on and to support each other with kindness and understanding. But as a mum you have a constant worry that you are not being a good enough parent. …