Liz AhmannDoes the term “unexplained underachievement” seem to fit you?
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Liz Ahmann“Tina, stop that! Calm down! It’s not responsible to act that way!”
“Greg, put that down. You are not cooperating! You are supposed to be brushing your teeth.”
“Louise – What are you doing on the computer?! You should be doing your homework!”
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Liz AhmannParenting teens is tricky business in any circumstance. Parenting a teen with ADHD can be even more challenging due to a number of ADD-related characteristics, such as:
These characteristics can contribute to school issues as well as friction at home around chores and other responsibilities.
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Liz Ahmann
We used to think that the brain grew until early adulthood and then stopped. We also used to think that we each had a fixed, unchanging, amount of intelligence. And, sadly, that cognitive decline was invariably associated with aging.
Over the past several decades, neuro-scientists have discovered otherwise!
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Liz AhmannWould you say that your child has challenging behavior? If your child has ADHD, you just might! Often for kids whose behavior is more difficult, traditional parenting approaches fall short of the mark.
Nurtured Heart
The “Nurtured Heart Approach
–> to parenting is both a philosophy and technique for working with 
children exhibiting varying degrees of behavioral challenge.
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Liz Ahmann
“It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it.” — Lou Holtz
What does this quotation have to do with ADHD you may wonder?
A lot of people “suffer”
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Liz Ahmann
Kids love the freedom and fun of summer!
Parents want their kids to have a great time in the summer, too.
Parents of kids with ADHD can find summer worrisome though. As one mom observed: “Every summer, it seems my son with ADHD gets some injury or another.
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Liz Ahmann“Our doctor just told me that my son has ‘executive functioning disorder.” a mother recently commented. “What is it? What can I do?” she asked.
Executive function disorder is an unofficial diagnosis characterized by challenges in following directions, difficulties with planning, organization, and goal-setting, and poor follow-through. Executive functioning challenges are common among people with ADHD,
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Liz Ahmann
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Liz Ahmann
Have you been accused (by yourself or others) of “helicopter parenting”?
Hovering over your child or micro-managing things for him/her?
It is common for parents of kids with AD/HD to be more closely involved in managing school work, coordinating schedules, prompting on chores,
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