Q: When Will My Son Take Responsibility for His Education?
Q: “My son is in the 8th grade and struggles with writing down assignments and being self-motivated. I find myself constantly checking up on what he has to do for homework, asking him if he turned in...
View ArticleThe 20 Percent Rule for Decluttering Your Home
Do you take one look at a cluttered space and find yourself too paralyzed and overwhelmed to even start decluttering your home? Even professional organizers can’t remove 100% of any mess in one...
View ArticleTreating a Child with ADHD Medication Diminishes His Future Risk of Substance...
Most parents, very understandably, agonize over the decision to treat their child’s ADHD symptoms with stimulant medication. What if the meds change my child’s personality? Will we face major side...
View ArticleWhy Your Child Refuses ADHD Treatment: Understanding the 6 Stages of Change
There is no shortage of perfectly good ADHD treatment tools and strategies — each one of which is absolutely useless if you try to hand it to someone with a closed fist. So, as caregivers or...
View ArticleHappy Mather’s Day — Flaws and All
It’s Saturday night, and the kids and I are putting the finishing touches on Laurie’s Mother’s Day gifts. We’ve got the menu planned and all the groceries bought. We’ve got gifts, flowers, and a card....
View Article“It’s Really OK to Get the Heck Off Stage.”
The date, marked on our calendar, gave me cold chills: Chorus Concert. Despite Gwen’s mounting excitement — she was secretly practicing in her room so the songs would remain a surprise to me — I could...
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Teasing Kids About Weight Linked to Gaining More
Kids who had been teased more about their weight gained more weight and fat over time, and they gained it faster, said study author said.
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Trial: Gains Seen on Inoperable Pancreatic Cancer
In the clinical trial, 49 patients with locally advanced pancreatic cancer received intensive chemotherapy and radiation therapy, as well as the blood pressure drug losartan.
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The ADHD Overview from ADDitude
Jump to… What Is ADHD? | What Are the 3 Types of ADHD? | What Are the Symptoms of ADHD? | ADHD Tests | What Causes ADHD? | ADHD Diagnosis Information | ADHD in Children | ADHD in Adults | ADHD...
View ArticleQ: I Can’t Be Entertaining My Child Every Second This Summer!
FREE WEBINAR REPLAY WITH RYAN WEXELBLATT Listen to “The Social Lives of Boys with ADHD” Q: “My son (9 years old with ADHD) has had trouble since he was a toddler with entertaining himself. He always...
View ArticleMelancholy and My Infinite ADHD Sadness
He’s five minutes late. Why hasn’t he called yet? Is he mad at me about something? Not one single person has loved my Instagram post today. Did I say something wrong? Does everyone hate me? Linda and...
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Team Sports Could Help Traumatized Kids Grow Into Healthy Adults
Team sports can increase self-esteem and help vulnerable adolescents feel socially accepted and connected. These benefits can help build resilience, the study author said.
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U.S. Cancer Cases, Deaths Continue to Fall
Overall, cancer death rates decreased 1.8% per year in men and 1.4% per year in women, continuing a trend.
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How Much Coffee Is Too Much?
Researchers set out to discover the point when too much caffeine causes high blood pressure, a key heart disease risk factor.
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Violent Video Games, Unlocked Guns a Dangerous Combo
The new results are in line with a 2017 study that found that kids who watched movies featuring gun violence were more likely to handle and use guns.
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Impossible? New Veggie Burgers Make a Run at Beef
They claim to make vegan burgers that would satisfy even a sworn carnivore. They also aim to save the planet by reducing the environmental impact of cattle farming. And, they’re becoming big business.
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World’s Smallest Surviving Baby Leaves Hospital
According to CDC data, more than half of all babies born at 23 weeks do not survive
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Can People in Heart Failure Safely Reduce Diuretics?
Diuretics help people with heart failure reduce excess fluids that can cause shortness of breath, swollen legs, coughing and weight gain.
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Patients Who Read Docs' Notes Take Meds Better
The net benefit of sharing notes with patients could be significant because people not properly taking their medications costs the health care system about $300 billion a year.
View Article“What I’ve Learned In the Year Since My ADHD Diagnosis”
One year ago this week, I was diagnosed with attention deficit disorder (ADHD or ADD). The internalized stigma I’ve had to unpack since then merits its own blog post about ADHD in women — and how...
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