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Keeping My ADHD Brain Active in Summer
A summer job sounds like a drag, but it's also... more »
The River of Truth
It took a father-son camping trip for me to finally... more »
Becoming Financially Independent
Many adults with ADD wish they could budget and spend... more »
College Scheduling Skills
My ability to get into jams is rivaled only by... more »
Saving Our 'Lost Boy'
The decision to send our troubled teen to a therapeutic... more »
My Very Messy Move
My small, humdrum chores quickly attained nervous-breakdown proportions during a... more »
Diagnosing Learning Disabilities: When No Labels Fit
Alex's parents struggled to find the right diagnosis and the... more »
Where Do Boyfriends Fit In?
As a college student with ADD, I sometimes find that... more »
Making Realistic Resolutions
A college student with ADD resolves to stop misleading herself,... more »
Was It ADHD or Just Normal Preschool Activity?
One mother asks, "Did heredity and prematurity cause my triplets'... more »
How to Raise a Superstar
Meet the mothers of three ADHD super-achievers — and learn... more »
My Best Friend
What’s it like to be friends with someone who has... more »
Hard Decisions for Loving Parents
How one parent learned to grapple with his daughter's ADHD... more »
How One Family Successfully Raised Their ADHD Sons
Family teamwork, love and support were key to success in... more »
Time Out of Mind
A college student shares the time-tracking tools she's used to... more »
Father's Days
A single dad with ADHD is doing his loving best... more »
My Story: Raising (and Surviving) Three ADHD Children
She raised three children with ADHD. She survived and her... more »
Feeling Like a Winner: How Sports Boosted the Self Esteem of One ADHD Child
Signing up my nine-year-old Abbey for martial arts classes worked... more »
The Pause Button
A grandfather discovers that, sometimes, ADHD children just need a... more »
Struggling with ADHD: 'I Almost Didn’t Make It Through High School'
Help arrived in the form of a ADHD coach... more »
Mom and Dad Were Right
Students with ADD - your parents were right: procrastinating and... more »
The Power of Praise
How a parent's words of praise can help combat the... more »
You Can Take It with You
What to bring along when you take your ADD to... more »

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Rescued From the Mainstream Schools wouldn't give my son a chance...
My Liberating – But Late – Diagnosis "I cried, both fearful of the implications of the diagnosis...
Writing a New Chapter: Discovering My ADD Once her youngest child left home, successful screenwriter Sally Harris,...
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Everyday Life Was Hard For Me The ADHD diagnosis explained so many of my foibles.....

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