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How to Help an ADD Child Cope Without Medication

Having a child with Attention Deficit Disorder can be taxing on a parent. Many schools and psychologists will push medicating your child in order to help them adapt. In some cases, they push so hard for the drug that you feel like you’re in a back-alley...

The Myth of Multi-Tasking

We’ll call her Ashley, but she could be almost any high school student in America. She works on her homework at the kitchen table with a television playing loudly in the background, her phone alerting her to check a barrage of incoming text messages, and a computer...

Take Time for Your Child’s Biggest Fan: You

(Editor’s note: with all the holiday hustle and bustle, I knew this guest post was just perfect to run right now. Enjoy!!) The lunches are packed, the children are doing their homework and you’re wondering, “What else needs to be done?” These moments are perfect...

Calm in the Storm

I’ve been feeling weighted down quite a bit lately, Internets. I’ve all sorts of things to tell you and thoughts to share, but I look at the latest headlines and get distracted and start reading and then I get a bit stressed. Anyone else feeling that way?...