It seems that whenever I turn the radio or TV on lately, there is somebody talking about the staggering numbers of kids being treated for ADHD. The very latest CDC (Center for Disease Control) data show that nearly one in five high school-age boys in the United States and 11% of school-age children across the [...]
Do you suspect your child has ADD or ADHD? Has your child already been diagnosed with this? Are you medicating your child or considering medication? Are you wondering if there’s an alternative? Would you like to take your child off medication? Are you swimming in the negative murky waters of guilt, shame, fear and confusion? [...]
The tragedy of what happened in Newtown CT is unspeakable. I know about the horrendous pain that these parents are suffering because I too lost a child suddenly. My heart goes out to these parents and I pray for them to find strength and courage as they start the long and painful healing process. Almost every [...]
We all want our kids to love life, learn easily, feel good about themselves and have fun. Unfortunately it is not that way for all kids. Think about being a child that finds learning difficult and that is too anxious and unhappy to be carefree. Life is not that much fun for them because they [...]
As a parent of a child with ADHD or any other learning, behavior and mood problems, there are two very important things to Take Charge of. These are 1. What goes into the child’s mouth? 2. What comes out of your mouth? Okay what do I mean by this. What goes into the child’s mouth? [...]
I am sad to have discovered that some parents want to hide the fact that their child is struggling with a learning, behavior or mood challenge. This suggests to me that these parents believe that there is something wrong with their children. Here’s the truth Children who struggle to learn, feel good or enjoy life [...]
In the past month, I had the opportunity to speak to over 700 people who attended my Parents, Take Charge workshops in South Africa. The workshop registration form asks participants to answer the question:’ ‘What would you like to get out of the workshop?’ Parents poured their hearts out in response to this question. They [...]
I promised you some important facts about stress during this stress awareness month. In my last blog I wrote about how stress cancels joy. Here are more very important facts: Stress in children is currently a largely unrecognized and untreated problem and is reaching epidemic proportions. This high level of stress is the trigger for [...]
When any of us thinks of parenting and education, we usually think of the way it has always been. We cannot do that anymore. Parents are now faced with having to update their parenting skills to ensure that their children will be ready for the huge challenges of the 21st century. Truth be told, we [...]
Here’s an illogical scenario. You discover you have a nail in one of your car’s tires which is causing it to leak air. You take it to the tire repair shop and ask them to leave the nail in the tire and instead do a temporary repair of some kind around the nail that will [...]
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