My Experiences in Parenting a Child with ADHD and SPD
Imagine this scene: You are shopping at a grocery store, and you see someone nearby (pre-COVID, of course). That person watches your daughter touch various items in the aisle. You try to stop your child, and remind her that she can look, but cannot touch. As you push your cart, your daughter starts running ahead […]
Challenges of Parenting a Child with ADHD and Strategies for Success
Parenting is no easy task. As the parent of a child with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), I have gone through my share of parenting challenges. Although there is always more to learn when parenting a child with ADHD, I have learned many lessons along the way. This post discusses strategies and tips to help children […]
15 Lessons Learned in Life Every Child and Adult Should Know
Life is filled with obstacles, but my aspiration is that my child navigates it with courage, determination, and grace. Some life lessons she will have to learn herself, but my hope is that my words can guide her along her journey: 15 powerful LESSONS LEARNED IN LIFE everyone should know (1) Don’t be afraid to […]
How To Avoid Raising an Entitled Child: 10 Tips and Strategies
WHAT IS AN ENTITLED CHILD? We love our kids. That is a given. However, in our quest to shower our kids with love and the best things in life, we often find ourselves raising entitled children. How does a child become entitled? They seem unappreciative and act demanding, ungrateful, and selfish. In a nutshell, we […]
How to Teach Emotional Regulation to Your Children
Let’s be honest. Controlling our emotions is no easy task. With the chaos surrounding us due to the pandemic, our sense of normalcy and stability have gone out the window. We find it hard to manage our feelings due to the upheaval of our lives, so how can we expect our children to have emotional […]
13 Sleep Solutions and Tools to Help a Child Fall Asleep
Many children need help falling asleep. Bedtime is a particularly difficult time for my daughter. For many years she had no problem falling asleep and staying asleep. As Brielle got older, her mind and body started to get restless due to her Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD) and ADHD. What was once a seamless transition turned […]
How to Make an Easy Personalized Placemat for Kids of All Ages
Now that the weather is getting chillier, I wanted to share a fun craft for your kids. Drumroll please….it’s a personalized placemat! I LOVE this personalized placemat craft for so many reasons! 1-It can be modified for nearly every age and ability. I first did this project with Brielle when she was two, and at […]
The Tricky People Lesson You Need to Teach Your Kids
As a former New Yorker, I am always cautious when it comes to strangers. We learned about stranger danger growing up, but the tricky people concept can be a better way to teach kids to stay away from sketchy adults. I’m a very petite female, so I understand others can pose a threat to me. […]
Parenting Strategies and Tips to Help Children with ADHD
parenting a child with adhd This article is part 1 of a 2-part article devoted to parenting and providing tips to help children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): I have not been shy about how hard it is to be a parent. My daughter wasn’t officially diagnosed with ADHD until she was 6. However, […]
6 Strategies and Tips for Parenting a Special Needs Child
parenting my special needs child I am the parent of a special needs child. My daughter has Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD). My job as her mother is the greatest responsibility I will ever have. Although my job is to help my daughter to learn and grow, she helps me […]
6 Parenting Tips and Strategies for Surviving Motherhood
Surviving Motherhood We are survivors. As women, as people, we have all had to survive different obstacles in our lives. Of course, the degree of survival differs from person to person, but we have all had struggles in one way or another. For me, I had to survive a traumatic childhood and create strategies to […]
