Taking An (AD/HD) Meeting
Now that school has been underway for a week (or more, depending on where you live), it’s time to really get down to business, so to speak. And business is really what I mean.
Herbal Alternatives to ADHD?
Last time, I mentioned some of the responses I have received from my radio interview with Aurelia Williams from Parenting My Teen.
Marguerite Wright is a Certified Herbalist and Health Consultant who owns Mother Knows Best. She contacted me right after my interview to ask me to share her site with parents who are looking for a natural alternative to treating the symptoms of Attention Deficit Disorder. She also sent me a link to a very informative article that she had written about this subject.
ADD on the Road
Did you think I’d found fame and fortune with my radio interview and abandoned you? No fame or fortune yet, and I’m certainly not going anywhere! I have been busy, though, with all the emails that this interview has generated. If you haven’t had a chance to listen to it, be sure to while it’s still up. (I’m going to see if I can get a copy for my own use.) I’ve had emails from people who listened to it who said they found it valuable, even though their children were not yet teenagers.
The ADD Social Circle
Does your ADD child have a lot of friends? Are they good friends, or just casual ones?
When I was a kid, I was very shy. My family moved around a lot, too, so it always seemed that I was the new kid at school. It was hard for me to make friends, partially for those reasons, but also because of my ADD. Because I had trouble paying attention, and was easily distracted, I often missed bits of conversations as well as subtle social cues like facial expressions, body language, and vocal pitch. (If you don’t have ADD, you most likely don’t even realize that you are picking up on such cues, and if you do have ADD, you might not be aware that you’re missing them.)