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Billy Cuchens

Billy Cuchens: Blogger and Adoptive Father

Billy Cuchens lives in the Dallas/Ft Worth area with wife, Laurie, and kids, Isaac, Vivianna, Jayden, and Jasmine.

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Jazzy's Sassy Scones

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How My Bored 9-Year-Old Became a Quarantine Entrepreneur

Four months into the quarantine, my daughter asked to bake some scones. That set her life...

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“The ADHD Storm Sweeps In. The ADHD Storm Sweeps Out.”

Teenagers experience intense emotions. Their ups are in the stratosphere, and their downs...
A father with his arm over his son.

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Mother Knows Best… But Father Gets Heard?

Does this happen in your house: Mom makes a reasonable request, and gets hammered with...
Cosmetics and makeup for a teen with ADHD

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Am I Too Hard On My Kids? Too Soft? Both?

She’s too young for make-up. She’s old enough to make her own decisions. She needs strict...
Adulting 101: Adulting is Hard

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Adulting Is the Worst

For our family, July has been one of those months. If it could go wrong, it has. And...
When my hyperactive teenagers' laughter drives me nuts, I try to remind myself that I’ll miss this in a few years. Maybe.

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Someday, We’ll Look Back on This Fondly

ADHD manifests differently during each stage of childhood, and my kids are now squarely...
Executive function planning and mistakes

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Happy Mather’s Day — Flaws and All

The experts tell us that we act as our kids’ external executive functions right through...
dirty clothes

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The Bachelor Effect

Reminiscing about my bachelor days — and the frighteningly small amount of time I spent...
Laughter is good medicine for parents of children with ADHD

Rewards & Consequences

What If We All Set a Daily Laugh Quotient?

It doesn’t make me a bad parent to admit that my kids drive me nuts in the summer. But...
Helicopter Parenting Solidarity: Intense Parents Unite Here!

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Intense Parents of the World, Unite!

We try not to shout from the sidelines, but sometimes we do. Why? Our standards are high...
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