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		<title>Chore Charts</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:25:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brenda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most kids have chores that they need to do around the house.  For young children, it might be as simple as getting dressed and brushing their teeth; older kids, of course, are capable of more.
As the parent of a child with ADHD, even the simplest things can be a challenge. 
Getting them up in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ADHD: Side Effects on Parents</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:55:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brenda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today on her blog on ADDitude magazine&#8217;s website, Kay Marner writes about the side effects that ADHD and ADD medications have on parents.
She makes some good points, and brings up a subject that&#8217;s rarely discussed: the emotional toll that ADHD takes on the parents.
Parenting an ADHD child is an emotional roller coaster.  
When you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sleep Deprivation or ADHD?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jan 2010 00:31:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brenda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a recent experiment, a group of 50 children with ADHD were put into a room with 50 sleep deprived children.  Then a group of experts &#8211; some behavioral experts and some sleep experts &#8211; were put into the room and asked to identify which children had ADHD and which simply needed some sleep.
Overall, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rotate the Toys</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 22:38:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brenda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One piece of advice that you often hear experienced moms giving new mothers is to rotate the toys.  
Take a certain percentage of your child&#8217;s toys &#8211; say a third &#8211; and put them away for a while.  When they seem to be tiring of the ones that they have, you put a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Company Manners</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 00:59:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brenda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Much of the world is celebrating some sort of holiday this month, and with that comes social occasions with family and friends.
Behavior is often a problem with kids who have Attention Deficit Disorder and during the holidays, things can often get worse.  
Their schedule has been changed, their routine disrupted, and there is less [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Anticipation and ADHD</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:47:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brenda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[People with Attention Deficit Disorder, especially children, don&#8217;t always behave in an appropriate manner when confronted with a new or unexpected situation.
As a parent, one of the ways that you can help your ADD Student is to help them anticipate and plan for these kinds of events.
Childhood is filled with new experiences and situations: attending [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Parenting Powers</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 03:41:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brenda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Susan Epstein is a parenting coach and the brains behind the site, Parenting Powers. Susan works with parents teaching them how to parent more effectively and stop bad behavior.  She helps you deal with bad behavior as simple as talking back and as serious as drug use.
Now Susan has put together an ongoing resource [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unplugged</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:43:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brenda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My husband and I made a rather radical decision earlier this week; we decided to spend the first 3 days of the month &#8220;unplugged&#8221; &#8211; no TV and no Internet.  The recent Thanksgiving holiday had brought the whole family together, and yet too much of it seemed to be spent in front of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Starting the Day</title>
		<link>http://addstudent.com/2009/11/starting-the-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:10:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brenda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is it about ADD Students and getting out of bed?  Why is that so hard?
My daughter Caitlin is in college.  Today her first class started at 1:00 pm.  She got to class late because she had trouble getting up, she spent too much time in the shower and in front of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ADHD and Friends</title>
		<link>http://addstudent.com/2009/10/adhd-and-friends/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:36:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brenda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Does your ADHD child have a lot of friends?  Good friends?  Long term friends?
It&#8217;s funny.  Sometimes kids with ADHD can make friends that last a lifetime.  I think that happens when they find someone who really gets them.
All 3 of my kids are in their 20&#8217;s now, but each can name [...]]]></description>
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