September and January are times when a lot of us set goals for ourselves. New Year’s resolutions are pretty standard for most people, but for those of us with kids, September always feels like a fresh start, too.
Do your kids set New Year’s resolutions? Do you encourage them to do so?
I think that setting just one simple resolution for both you and your child this year would be a great idea. (You can set more for yourself, of course, but I think that just one for your child is plenty.)
Here’s what I mean: think about this resolution as a sort of contract agreement that you and your child work out together.
For instance, maybe your child’s grades could be greatly improved if he turned in his homework more consistently. And maybe he would like it more if you would not hover so much. (Hard to do, I know. You need to check and double check for them and remind them and….. you get the picture).
So tell your child that this is something that you would like to work on together and maybe give them a day or so to think about it. What can you improve on (in their opinion) and what can they improve on? Emphasize that it’s something you’ll both be working towards together.
Then sit down together and brainstorm. Come up with goals and solutions.
Be sure that your goals are reasonable, doable, and measurable. I would suggest reviewing progress once a month; a whole year is too hard to grasp for the average ADDer. You know, it’s that whole “I’ve got plenty of time” thing.
Keep a progress log, too, so that you can both look back and see how far you’ve come.
And maybe add in a little reward as an incentive to keep on trying. 
I loved your blog theme! Did you develop it yourself or is it downloadalbe from somehwere?
Thank you! I purchased the graphic of the woman at the desk and designed the theme around that.