Don’t waste time obsessing over your mistakes or areas of life where you lack skill. Focus instead on how to get better and on things you’re good at. Build your confidence instead tearing yourself down!
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Is your ADHD child ready for college?
For us parents with kids who need a bit more extra help and attention than some other children, sometimes we forget that one day, very soon, our child will be a young adult and ready to head out to the real world, or rather, that place that is not quite home and not quite the real world, called college. Preparing for that day, is something that you should start doing when your kid’s a freshman in high school if not sooner! Skills like doing the laundry, paying bills and making something to eat don’t just magically appear if mom or dad take care of all that until the day you’re moving your precious off-spring into their dorm room.
If your child has ADHD or any other learning disability, college is going to be challenging enough without having to figure out how to use a washing machine or balance your checkbook!
#89
The first place I like to start cleaning is my closet, getting rid of all the chalk-stained, ripped and shrunken-in-the-dryer items. Nothing worse than showing up at an event & discovering that i have a big stain on my shirt or that my socks are showing. The nice thing is that for my efforts i like to reward myself by buying NEW clothes. 😀
I am a big believer in the “dress for success” philosophy and that dressing well can be a big confidence booster. I’m way past school cliques and peer pressure, yet if what I’m wearing & how I look affects my attitude, I can only imagine ho…w kids having a closet that’s back-to-school ready is kind of a big deal. Speaking of deals, I know that money is tight for most parents, so here are some deals and coupons that I found for you guys. Now that’s love!
#87
“If you’re not making mistakes, then you’re not doing anything. I’m positive that a doer makes mistakes.” John Wooden
I have mentioned before that I enjoy cooking. There was a time when I thought I might turn in my cooking apron (and yes real men wear aprons) because of some real bad turkey gravy. WOW did I mess that gravy up good. I thought for sure my wife would never eat another meal I made. After my wife got over her majorly upset stomach I was surprised that she asked me a few days later what I was making for dinner. I said, “you sure you want to eat my cooking again?” She said, “So you messed up once, now you know what not to make!” When it comes to cooking I’m still a doer! 😀